Overview
- Summary
- Erik Jan Hannussen, a popular Jewish stage magician and mentalist from Austria, wowed audiences and amassed a small fortune in the 1920s and 30s. Perhaps his greatest trick, however, was that of becoming Hitler's personal psychic and advisor, moving comfortably in Nazi circles for many years while hiding his Jewish heritage.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- Locale
- Austria
Germany - Contents
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"One of the finest liars in Europe"
The psychic gravedigger
"A conjuror is an actor playing the part of a magician"
The iron queen and the Jewish Samson
The king of everything
Hitler : "there's room for a little subtlety"
"This man is in league with the Devil"
Triumph in Berlin
An alliance of scoundrels
The noose tightens
The Fuehrer's court Jew
The fire that killed a country
A ride to a wild prison
Three bullets in the woods
The view from Italy. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"One of the finest liars in Europe" -- The psychic gravedigger -- "A conjuror is an actor playing the part of a magician" -- The iron queen and the Jewish Samson -- The king of everything -- Hitler : "there's room for a little subtlety" -- "This man is in league with the Devil" -- Triumph in Berlin -- An alliance of scoundrels -- The noose tightens -- The Fuehrer's court Jew -- The fire that killed a country -- A ride to a wild prison -- Three bullets in the woods -- The view from Italy.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780230620537
0230620531 - Physical Description
- 269 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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