''Hitler's Letters and Notes'' is a book by
Werner Maser Werner Maser (12 July 1922 – 5 April 2007) was a German historian, journalist and professor at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Maser was the first historian to claim that the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.[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 personal
correspondence and private notations with comments by Maser. It reproduces
photo-facsimiles of the handwritten original documents, with translations thereof, from the age of 17 until his death. Maser contends that the book casts new light onto the development of Hitler's
political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, ...
.
It was first published in German as ''Hitlers Briefe und Notizen: sein Weltbild in handschriftlichen Dokumenten'' in 1973.
Heinemann (London) published a slightly adapted translation (by
Arnold Pomerans) as a 390-page hardcover in 1974, followed by
Harper & Row
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History
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in the United States.
Bantam Books released a paperback version in 1976.
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See also
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List of Adolf Hitler books
Notes
External links
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Hitler's Letters and Notes' at Archive.org
1974 non-fiction books
Books about Adolf Hitler
Books by Adolf Hitler
Heinemann (publisher) books
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