- Summary
- "The never-before-told story of the scandalous courtroom drama that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. On the evening of November 8, 1923, the 34-year-old Adolf Hitler stormed into a beer hall in Munich, fired his pistol in the air, and proclaimed a revolution. Seventeen hours later, all that remained of his bold move was a trail of destruction. Hitler was on the run from the police. His career seemed to be over. The Trial of Adolf Hitler tells the true story of the monumental criminal proceeding that followed when Hitler and nine other suspects were charged with high treason. Reporters from as far away as Argentina and Australia flocked to Munich for the sensational four-week spectacle. By its end, Hitler would transform the fiasco of the beer hall putsch into a stunning victory for the fledgling Nazi Party. It was this trial that thrust Hitler into the limelight, provided him with an unprecedented stage for his demagoguery, and set him on his improbable path to power. Based on trial transcripts, police files, and many other new sources, including some five hundred documents recently discovered from the Landsberg Prison record office, The Trial of Adolf Hitler is a gripping true story of crime and punishment--and a haunting failure of justice with catastrophic consequences."--Jacket.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- King, David, 1970- author.
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Locale
- Germany
Munich
Allemagne
Europe
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Prologue
Part I: The beer hall. Brgerbrũkeller
Starving trillionaires
Four bullets
German Ulysses
"Loud, raw, and screeching"
Sparkling metropolis
Harvard's gift
The new regime
"Safely delivered"
Counter-Putsch
Initiative
Barbarian hordes
Midnight in Munich
Ordinance no. 264
"I am not a coward"
Hour of decision
In the courtyard
Hitler's foreign legion
Blood land
Flight
Hostage ordeal
New November criminals
Testament
Curtains
Trials before the trial
Part II: The courtroom. "We will not hurt Germany"
Defendent Hitler
Confessions and distortions
Behind closed doors
The defense attacks
A masterpiece of ignorance
Cup of bitterness
Dr. Frick
First witnesses
The prosecutor's misfortunes
Priorities
"Peculiar gentlemen"
A dangerous game
Avoiding the rubble
Day thirteen
A Putsch, not a Putsch
Blow-up
Hints
Hitler's bodyguard takes the stand
Volte-face
"Good times for traitors"
From Munich to Valhalla
Final words
Endings and beginnings
Nomen est omen
Part III: Prison. Caesar in cell 7
Face-to-face
Lies, stupidity, and cowardice
"A perpetual danger"
Epilogue.
Prologue
Part I: The beer hall. Bürgerbräukeller
Starving trillionaires
Four bullets
German Ulysses
"Loud, raw, and screeching"
Sparkling metropolis
Harvard's gift
The new regime
"Safely delivered"
Counter-Putsch
Initiative
Barbarian hordes
Midnight in Munich
Ordinance no. 264
"I am not a coward"
Hour of decision
In the courtyard
Hitler's foreign legion
Blood land
Flight
Hostage ordeal
New November criminals
Testament
Curtains
Trials before the trial
Part II: The courtroom. "We will not hurt Germany"
Defendent Hitler
Confessions and distortions
Behind closed doors
The defense attacks
A masterpiece of ignorance
Cup of bitterness
Dr. Frick
First witnesses
The prosecutor's misfortunes
Priorities
"Peculiar gentlemen"
A dangerous game
Avoiding the rubble
Day thirteen
A Putsch, not a Putsch
Blow-up
Hints
Hitler's bodyguard takes the stand
Volte-face
"Good times for traitors"
From Munich to Valhalla
Final words
Endings and beginnings
Nomen est omen
Part III: Prison. Caesar in cell 7
Face-to-face
Lies, stupidity, and cowardice
"A perpetual danger"
Epilogue.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Part I: The beer hall. Brgerbrũkeller -- Starving trillionaires -- Four bullets -- German Ulysses -- "Loud, raw, and screeching" -- Sparkling metropolis -- Harvard's gift -- The new regime -- "Safely delivered" -- Counter-Putsch -- Initiative -- Barbarian hordes -- Midnight in Munich -- Ordinance no. 264 -- "I am not a coward" -- Hour of decision -- In the courtyard -- Hitler's foreign legion -- Blood land -- Flight -- Hostage ordeal -- New November criminals -- Testament -- Curtains -- Trials before the trial -- Part II: The courtroom. "We will not hurt Germany" -- Defendent Hitler -- Confessions and distortions -- Behind closed doors -- The defense attacks -- A masterpiece of ignorance -- Cup of bitterness -- Dr. Frick -- First witnesses -- The prosecutor's misfortunes -- Priorities -- "Peculiar gentlemen" -- A dangerous game -- Avoiding the rubble -- Day thirteen -- A Putsch, not a Putsch -- Blow-up -- Hints -- Hitler's bodyguard takes the stand -- Volte-face -- "Good times for traitors" -- From Munich to Valhalla -- Final words -- Endings and beginnings -- Nomen est omen -- Part III: Prison. Caesar in cell 7 -- Face-to-face -- Lies, stupidity, and cowardice -- "A perpetual danger" -- Epilogue.
Prologue -- Part I: The beer hall. Bürgerbräukeller -- Starving trillionaires -- Four bullets -- German Ulysses -- "Loud, raw, and screeching" -- Sparkling metropolis -- Harvard's gift -- The new regime -- "Safely delivered" -- Counter-Putsch -- Initiative -- Barbarian hordes -- Midnight in Munich -- Ordinance no. 264 -- "I am not a coward" -- Hour of decision -- In the courtyard -- Hitler's foreign legion -- Blood land -- Flight -- Hostage ordeal -- New November criminals -- Testament -- Curtains -- Trials before the trial -- Part II: The courtroom. "We will not hurt Germany" -- Defendent Hitler -- Confessions and distortions -- Behind closed doors -- The defense attacks -- A masterpiece of ignorance -- Cup of bitterness -- Dr. Frick -- First witnesses -- The prosecutor's misfortunes -- Priorities -- "Peculiar gentlemen" -- A dangerous game -- Avoiding the rubble -- Day thirteen -- A Putsch, not a Putsch -- Blow-up -- Hints -- Hitler's bodyguard takes the stand -- Volte-face -- "Good times for traitors" -- From Munich to Valhalla -- Final words -- Endings and beginnings -- Nomen est omen -- Part III: Prison. Caesar in cell 7 -- Face-to-face -- Lies, stupidity, and cowardice -- "A perpetual danger" -- Epilogue.
