Secrets of Hitler’s forgotten library

The Scotsman Has A Story on the many secrets still to be uncovered in what is left of Hitler’s library.

In historical terms, the German dictator and architect of the Holocaust may be remembered as a burner of books, but in life, Hitler loved the printed word and boasted a collection somewhere in excess of 16,000 volumes.

A friend from his teenage years, August Kubzieck, wrote: “I just can’t imagine Adolf without books. Books were his world.” But generations of historians and biographers have ignored the remaining volumes of Hitler’s library, saying they represent only a fraction of the books he once owned and arguing that many were never touched by the Nazi leader.

May 4, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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