Foreword

Hitler and I, You and He

“The Führer is Reading”

Chapter 1

Hitler’s Erudition and Reading Habits

Chapter 2

Books That Hitler Read: Penciled Notes Attest

Reflections on Ernst Jünger’s “Magic Realism”

Arndt’s “Catechism”

Lagarde’s Rages

Chamberlain and Wagner

Readings on Economic Politics and Military Science

Chapter 3

Books That Hitler Read Into

On Nazi Belles-Lettres

Bishop Hudal’s Attempt at Conciliation

Knickerbocker’s Diplomacy and War

Chapter 4

Books That Hitler Did Not Read (In Depth)

French Authors, Franco-German Relations

An Eastern and Central European Intermezzo

Nazi Lyric

War Nostalgia and the Conservative Revolution

Nazi Mythology I: Sexuality, Bluestockings and Go-Getters

Nazi Mythology II: Race Breeding, Occultism and Gnosticism

Chapter 5

Hitler’s Works

Hitler’s First Book

Mein Kampf: My Struggle, Sein Kampf: His Struggle: Hitlerian Gnosis

Chapter 6

On the Führer’s Taste: Artistic Albums and Catalogues

Epilogue

Farewell to the World of Hitler and His Library

Selected Bibliography

Name Index