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The Hitler I Knew
The Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief | Otto Dietrich
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The chilling memoir of Hitler's press chief.
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Otto Dietrich became Hitler's press chief in 1933 & worked for him up until 1945. Throughout the lead-up to & duration of WWII, Dietrich accepted what he was told on the surface of things but it wasn't until after the end of the war that he wrote a memoir which criticised Hitler & he requested it was published after his death.

There's a few scant words about the concentration camps & the millions of deaths, & little reflection about (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf the roles that others (including the author himself) played in allowing these things to happen. Dietrich uses “demonic“ several times throughout his work to describe Hitler, however, I think we must be careful not to allow such words to create distance between the evil done & the person. Believing only a 'demonic personality' could order such abhorrent acts leaves us open to believing that only a supernaturally evil person could conceive of 1y
OutsmartYourShelf such things (we should never become so complacent), & also takes the focus off of the complicity of others. Lest we forget, as John Stuart Mill said: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” (1867) 3.5🌟

My thanks to #NetGalley & publishers, Pen & Sword/Greenhill Books, for the opportunity to read an ARC.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5547491868

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Suet624 I absolutely agree with everything you've written. 1y
Andrew65 Excellent review 👏👏👏 1y
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