Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence
The object of this book is not to prove that Adolf Hitler was insane. So much is obvious, both intuitively and from a clinical perspective. Nevertheless the reasons for arriving at such a conclusion will be reiterated and enlarged upon. Instead, the aim of the author is to discover what light Hitler’s associates were able to shed on the personality and modus operandi of the Fuehrer, and to determine the extent to which they (and indeed, Hitler himself) realized that their leader was insane. The aim is also to investigate the cause of his insanity. In this regard, the testimony of the leading Nazis, who were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg during 1945 and 1946, are of particular relevance. These captured Nazis surely realized that in all probability, they would be found guilty, and their lives would terminate at the end of a rope. Surely, therefore, they had nothing to lose by giving the ‘low down’ on their late Fuehrer, i.e. revealing their innermost thoughts as to his sanity, or otherwise.
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Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence
The object of this book is not to prove that Adolf Hitler was insane. So much is obvious, both intuitively and from a clinical perspective. Nevertheless the reasons for arriving at such a conclusion will be reiterated and enlarged upon. Instead, the aim of the author is to discover what light Hitler’s associates were able to shed on the personality and modus operandi of the Fuehrer, and to determine the extent to which they (and indeed, Hitler himself) realized that their leader was insane. The aim is also to investigate the cause of his insanity. In this regard, the testimony of the leading Nazis, who were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg during 1945 and 1946, are of particular relevance. These captured Nazis surely realized that in all probability, they would be found guilty, and their lives would terminate at the end of a rope. Surely, therefore, they had nothing to lose by giving the ‘low down’ on their late Fuehrer, i.e. revealing their innermost thoughts as to his sanity, or otherwise.
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Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence

Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence

by Andrew Norman
Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence

Hitler's Insanity: A Conspiracy of Silence

by Andrew Norman

Overview

The object of this book is not to prove that Adolf Hitler was insane. So much is obvious, both intuitively and from a clinical perspective. Nevertheless the reasons for arriving at such a conclusion will be reiterated and enlarged upon. Instead, the aim of the author is to discover what light Hitler’s associates were able to shed on the personality and modus operandi of the Fuehrer, and to determine the extent to which they (and indeed, Hitler himself) realized that their leader was insane. The aim is also to investigate the cause of his insanity. In this regard, the testimony of the leading Nazis, who were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg during 1945 and 1946, are of particular relevance. These captured Nazis surely realized that in all probability, they would be found guilty, and their lives would terminate at the end of a rope. Surely, therefore, they had nothing to lose by giving the ‘low down’ on their late Fuehrer, i.e. revealing their innermost thoughts as to his sanity, or otherwise.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781556627
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Publication date: 05/04/2018
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Having been educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Midsomer Norton Grammar School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife. From 1972-83, Andrew worked as a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, before a spinal injury cut short his medical career. He is now an established writer whose published works include biographies of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy, T.E. Lawrence, Adolf Hitler, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Mugabe. Andrew married his second wife Rachel, in 2005.

Table of Contents

Preface 3

Acknowledgements 7

Author's Note 8

Glossary of Terms 9

1 Eduard Bloch: The Hitler Family's Doctor 11

2 Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels 15

3 Hans Mend 19

4 Dietrich Eckart 21

5 Ostara and its Influence on Hitler 24

6 Hitler's Secret Book 31

7 Alfred Rosenberg 33

8 Rosenberg and The Myth of the 20th Century 38

9 Julius Streicher 45

10 Hermann Göring 49

11 Rudolf Hess 56

12 Heinrich Himmler 59

13 Wilhelm Frick 64

14 Baldur von Schirach 67

15 Joseph Goebbels 71

16 Franz von Papen 77

17 Joachim von Ribbentrop 81

18 Walther Funk 88

19 Hjalmar Schacht 91

20 Martin Bormann 96

21 Konstantin von Neurath 99

22 Hans Frank 103

23 Hitler, and a Possible Jewish Ancestor 108

24 The Accounts of Heinrich Pfeifer and Walther Korodi 110

25 The Account of 'Fritz' Thyssen 117

26 Was Salomon or Anselm von Rothschild Hitler's Paternal Grandfather? 120

27 The Further Testimony of Hans Frank 122

28 Albert Speer 125

29 Erich Raeder 132

30 Wilhelm Keitel 136

31 Ernst Sauckel 142

32 Walther von Brauchitsch 146

33 Erich von Manstein 149

34 Alfred Jodl 152

35 Wilhelm Canaris 156

36 Friedrich 'Fritz' Thyssen 158

37 Erwin Rommel 160

38 Arthur Seyss-Inquart 164

39 Friedrich Paulus 167

40 Ernst Kaltenbrunner 173

41 Karl Dönitz 177

42 Claus von Stauffenberg 180

43 Bridget Hitler 183

44 William Patrick Hitler and Paula Hitler 188

45 Ulrich de Maizière 195

46 Hitler's Table Talk 196

47 Hitler and the Alleged Bolshevik Threat 198

48 Hitler's Irrational Hatred of the Jews and Others 204

49 Hitler and his Jewish Associates 214

50 Theodor Morell 216

51 Eva Braun 219

52 Nazi Cruelty Explained 224

53 Hitler and his Voices 226

54 Drilling Down On Hitler's Madness 230

55 Hitler's Schizophrenia: The Most Dangerous Type of All 233

56 The Origin of Hitler's Schizophrenia 235

57 Syphilis Catches Up With the Führer 237

58 The Fate of Hitler and Others 240

Epilogue 244

Endnotes 248

Bibliography 267

Index 269

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