In 1913 Hitler arrived in Munich as an artist. Shortly after, he joined the German army fighting on the Western Front. Returning to Munich he joined a small political party which developed into the Nazi party. In Munich Hitler turned from artist to soldier and finally into a politician before becoming the dictator of Germany. These vital events are core to the understanding of the Third Reich and the origins of the Second World War. When US troops captured Munich in 1945, General Dwight Eisenhower congratulated his soldiers on the defeat of the 'cradle of the Nazi Beast'. The book comes with a map, photos and profiles of the historical sites and walk suggestions. It is illustrated with many rare archive pictures.

Hitler's Munich

Travel

Von Halasz, Joachim

Europe

Foxley Books

In May 1939 Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay, a Tory MP, formed an anti-Semitic secret society he called The Right Club. Many of its members were Nazi sympathisers and an inner core were politicians, peers of the realm, prominent socialites and officers in the armed forces. Ramsay recorded their names in a stout, red, leather-bound ledger that was seized by Special Branch in May 1940. It came to be known as The Red Book and its contents are published here in full for the first time. Robin Saikia provides expert analysis of Ramsay's life and times and a full A-Z of Right Club members with illuminating biographies where known. The book highlights the evils of right wing extremism, pointing out that some Right Club members were the founding fathers of racist groups still active today. Robin Saikia was educated at Winchester College and Merton College, Oxford. He is the author of Blue Guide Hay-on-Wye, a cultural and historical exploration of the Anglo-Welsh border town famed for its bookdealers and as the venue of the annual Guardian Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts. His latest book, The Venice Lido, is published by Blue Guides this summer. Forthcoming titles for Foxley Books include Hitler's Venice and Hitler's London.

The Red Book - The Membership List of the Right Club - 1939

History

Saikia, Robin

On July 19, 1937, the exhibition "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) opened in Munich. On show were 650 paintings and sculptures by 112 artists that were considered out of line with Nazi ideology. The pictures were jammed together with labels insulting the artists. All artwork had been confiscated from 32 German museums. An exhibition catalogue was on sale. It listed and discussed selected works.  Expressionism, Impressionism, Surrealism, Cubism and other Avant-garde movements were considered degenerate. The exhibition was initiated by Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda, and managed by Adolf Ziegler, president of the Reich Chamber of Arts.   The reprint of the exhibition catalogue will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler's Degenerate Art - The Exhibition Catalogue - First Published in 1937 as Entartete Kunst Austellungs Hrer'

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Hitler's Life in Pictures: A Photo Book - from His Birth in Braunau 1889 to the Anschluss in Vienna 1938

This photo book with about 270 pictures was published in 1933 as a propaganda work to give the general public an insight into Adolf Hitler's life from 1914 to 1933. It covers four periods of Hitler's life: the artist, the soldier, the politician and the statesman.  In 1914, when WW1 broke out, Hitler was living as an artist in Munich. He became a soldier in a Bavarian regiment and spent the next four years in the trenches. Returning to Munich after the war he joined in 1919 a small nationalist party. He relaunched it as the Nazi Party and became a full time politician. In 1923, with the so-called Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler tried in vain to overthrow the Bavarian Government. After a year in prison, in 1925 he reformed the party, making it more electable and paving his way to become Chancellor in 1933.  The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler and the Rise of the Nazi Party in Pictures: A Photo Book

'Hitler's Day of German Art 1937' provides a unique insight into the very little known celebrations, which took place at each opening of the annual Great German Art Exhibition from 1937 to 1944, usually during the month July.  The celebrations of the Day of German Art lasted three days and always began on a Friday. The Sunday marked the climax with the official opening of the exhibition as a large procession entitled '2,000 Years of German Culture' moved through the streets of Munich. The procession illustrated German history, legends and myths and how they were linked to the Third Reich.  The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler's Day of German Art 1937: First Published As 'tag Der Deutschen Kunst Munchen 1937' (German Edition)

'Hitler's Day of German Art 1938 - The Programme of the Procession' provides a unique insight into the very little known celebrations, which took place at each opening of the annual Great German Art Exhibition from 1937 to 1944. This visitor programme booklet provides a comprehensive listing of all parts of the procession including descriptions, images and a map showing the route of the procession. The Day of German Art usually took place in July and celebrations lasted three days, starting on a Friday. The Sunday marked the climax with the official opening of the exhibition in the House of German Art and a large procession entitled '2,000 Years of German Culture' moved through the streets of Munich. The procession illustrated German history, legends and myths and how they were linked to the Third Reich. The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler's Day of German Art 1938: The Programme of the Procession

On 16th July 1939, the third annual Great German Art Exhibition opened at the House of German Art in Munich, one of the eight exhibitions staged annually until 1944. Participation in one of these Great German Art Exhibitions was almost indispensable for an artist's reputation in Germany. The official arts magazines and general press reviewed almost exclusively artists who had been exhibited in the Munich show.  Several thousand works of art had been submitted for the exhibition and only a few hundred went on show. The president of the Reich Culture Chamber, Adolf Ziegler, supervised the selection of paintings, while the sculptors Arno Breker and Josef Wackerle were responsible for the sculptures. There were no formal criteria. The selection was based on Hitler's taste and on that of the judges.  This rare original of the Great German Art Exhibition Catalogue 1939 has been faithfully reproduced by World Propaganda Classics and is part of a series of historical reprints carefully selected to show how art and literature throughout the ages have been used for political purposes.  The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler's Art 1939 - the Great German Art Exhibition 1939 - in the House of German Art in Munich - Official Exhibition Catalogue

Hitler's Olympic Winter Games 1936 - A Photo Book - Volume 1 / First Published as 'Die Olympischen Spiele 1936 - In Berlin Und Garmisch-Partenkirchen

'Hitler's Olympic Summer Games 1936' features more then 200 photos and several drawings relating to this spectacular and historical edition of the Games in Berlin. Adolf Hitler opened the event on 1st August 1936. The games ended on 16th August.  The book itself was meant to appeal mainly to a younger generation who liked to collect and trade the more than 200 collectable photos. The photos came free with the purchase of cigarettes. The pictures where then glued into the book. These collectable images were very popular at the time but usually with themes such as animals or plants. Hitler used the cigarette pictures to promote a political message.  This rare original of the book 'Hitler's Olympic Summer Games 1936' has been faithfully reproduced by World Propaganda Classics and is part of a series of historical reprints carefully selected to show how literature throughout the ages have been used for political purposes.  The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.

Hitler's Olympic Summer Games 1936 - a Photo Book: First Published As 'die Olympischen Spiele 1936 - in Berlin Und Garmisch-partenkirchen - Band 2' (German Edition)

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