{"title":"Peter Longerich","description":"Peter Longerich is Professor of Modern German History at Royal Holloway University of London and founder of the College's Holocaust Research Centre. He has published widely on the history of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, including Holocaust: The Nazi Murder and Persecution of the Jews, also published by Oxford University Press, which is widely recognized as the standard account of the Nazi machinery of mass murder and the steps by which it unfolded.","products":[{"product_id":"heinrich-himmler-paperback","title":"Heinrich Himmler - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeinrich Himmler was an unremarkable looking man. Yet he was Hitler's top enforcer, in charge of the Gestapo, the SS, and the so-called Final Solution. We can only wonder, as biographer Peter Longerich asks, how could such a banal personality attain such a historically unique position of power? How could the son of a prosperous Bavarian Catholic public servant become the organizer of a system of mass murder spanning the whole of Europe? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first comprehensive biography of this murderous enigma, Longerich answers those questions with a superb account of Himmler's inner self and outward acts. Masterfully interweaving the story of Himmler's personal life and political career with the wider history of the Nazi dictatorship, Longerich shows how skillfully he exploited and manipulated his disparate roles in the pursuit of his far-reaching and grandiose objectives. Himmler's actual strength, he writes, consisted in redrawing every two or three years the master plans for his sphere of power. Himmler expanded that sphere with ruthless efficiency. In 1929, he took the SS-a small bodyguard unit-and swelled it into a paramilitary organization with elite pretensions. By the end of 1934 he had become Reich Chief of the Political Police, and began to consolidate all police power in his own hands. As Germany grabbed neighboring territory, he expanded the Waffen SS and organized the \"Germanization\" of conquered lands, which culminated in systematic mass murder. When the regime went on the defensive in 1942, Himmler changed his emphasis again, repressing any opposition or unrest. The author emphasizes the centrality of Himmler's personality to the Nazi murder machine-his surveillance of the private lives of his men, his deep resentments, his fierce prejudices-showing that man and position were inseparable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarefully researchedand lucidly written, Heinrich Himmler is the essential account of the man who embodied Hitler's apparatus of evil.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365698470111,"sku":"9780199651740","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZZt4vkGexg9780199651740.webp?v=1789070116"},{"product_id":"hitler-a-biography-hardcover","title":"Hitler: A Biography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the most prominent biographers of the Nazi period, a new and provocative portrait of the figure behind the century's worst crimes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed historian Peter Longerich, author of \u003cem\u003eGoebbels\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeinrich Himmler\u003c\/em\u003e now turns his attention to Adolf Hitler in this new biography. While many previous portraits have speculated about Hitler's formative years, Longerich focuses on his central role as the driving force of Nazism itself. You cannot separate the man from the monstrous movement he came to embody. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his ascendance through the party's ranks to his final hours as Führer in April 1945, Longerich shows just how ruthless Hitler was in his path to power. He emphasizes Hitler's political skills as Germany gained prominence on the world's stage. Hitler's rise to, and ultimate hold on, power was more than merely a matter of charisma; rather, it was due to his ability to control the structure he created. His was an image constructed by his regime - an essential piece self-created of propaganda. This comprehensive biography is the culmination of Longerich's life-long pursuit to understand the man behind the century's worst crimes.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365707448543,"sku":"9780190056735","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QZxeZIyAKl9780190056735.webp?v=1789070164"},{"product_id":"goebbels-and-total-war-the-sports-palace-speech-of-1943-hardcover","title":"Goebbels and 'Total War': The Sports Palace Speech of 1943 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sports Palace speech was the climax of a campaign for 'total war'; the prime example of Nazi 'mass suggestion', a barrage of propaganda, seduction, and manipulation. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the 18th of February 1943 Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a speech in the Berlin Sports Palace that is regarded as one of the most chilling, and at the same time most effective, rhetorical performances of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this definitive English translation, renowned historian Peter Longerich delves into the historical buildup to Goebbels's most notorious speech, the speech itself, and its lasting effect. \u003cem\u003eGoebbels and 'Total War' \u003c\/em\u003esingles out the Sports Palace speech to demystify the legend of Nazi propaganda by exposing the reality of the rally as a highly staged and prerecorded event, with a preselected audience and rehearsed reactions made to look spontaneous. 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