''Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil'' is a 1998 book by historian-journalist
Ron Rosenbaum
Ronald Rosenbaum (born November 27, 1946) is an American literary journalist, literary critic, and novelist.
Life and career
Rosenbaum was born into a Jewish family in New York City, New York and grew up in Bay Shore, New York. He graduated fr ...
, in which the author discusses his struggles with the "exceptionalist" character of
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
's personality and impact on the world or, worse (from Rosenbaum's point of view), his struggle with the possibility that Hitler is not an exception at all, but on the natural continuum of human destructive possibility.
See also
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List of Adolf Hitler books
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Münchener Post
The ''Münchener Post'' (Engl. ''Munich Post'') was a socialist newspaper published in Munich, Germany, from 1888 to 1933. The paper was known for its decade-long campaign against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party before their accession to power. I ...
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*Ron Rosenbaum ''Explaining Hitler'' Interview on C-Spanvideo.
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References
1998 non-fiction books
Books about Adolf Hitler
Books about Nazism
English-language books
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