This biographical companion provides information about the key events in Hitler's life; his most important collaborators and opponents; his domestic and foreign policies; the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult; racial persecution and the Holocaust; and Hitler as a war leader.

The story of Hitler's rise to power as leader of Germany, the destruction of democracy and civilized values in a great nation, together with World War II, for which he bears the principal responsibility, provide a painful historical lesson. The rise and fall of the Hitler regime warn us of the destruction that ensues when a perverted ideology and a cult of leadership are combined with a polity where power is divorced from morality. This illustrated A-to-Z biographical companion provides information about the key events in Hitler's life; his most important collaborators and opponents; his domestic and foreign policies; the use of propaganda and the forging of the Hitler cult; racial persecution and the Holocaust; and Hitler as a war leader.

Review
“Given its format and ease of use, students and lay readers will find it equally compelling. It merits consideration for public, high school and undergraduate collections.”

Nicholls holds a Ph.D. in modern history from the University of Birmingham. He has been a lecturer in history at the Universities of Leeds, Exeter, and at Tours in France.