By 1938 over 2000 km of road had been built which had gentle curves, gradual inclines, smooth surface roadway and to enter or exit the main highway long lanes in which to accelerate and decelerate. Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz is shown to be anything but the "non-political admiral" and revealed for what he actually was: a fanatical anti-Semite and ruthless pursuer of military objectives, regardless of the lives of Allied- or German- sailors. Any opposition to the project found they were “encouraged” to desist to the building of “Adolf Hitler’s roads”.

Helmut Ortner reveals a staggering history of perpetrators, victims and bystanders in Hitler’s Germany. It was a finely balanced team of military commanders, administrative leaders and Ministers of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Goebbels - mees, kes oli sõnameister ning kes omas võimet panna suuri rahvahulki uskuma seda mida ta räägib. As a doctor working at the extermination camp, Mengele conducted medical experiments on inmates and personally selected prisoners for execution in the gas chambers.Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage.

And while Hitler is ever-present in the narrative, exerting a baleful influence over everyone and everything like an irresistible force field, Knopp cleverly avoids promoting him into the foreground at any stage.The Wannsee Conference was chaired by SS and police official Reinhard Heydrich, during which he presented plans to finalize the deportation and genocide of all Jews in German-occupied Europe.

With the exception of Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Youth Leader Schirach, they held lower ranking positions mostly out of the public eye; in fact Eichmann and Mengele probably never even came to Hitler's attention, even as they implemented his policies. Himmler was made head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and would later become the prime mover behind the Holocaust. He's pictured here with Heinrich Himmler, Franz Josef Huber (secret state police), Arthur Nebe (criminal investigation department), and Reinhard Heydrich.He escaped but was picked up by Allied forces while disguised as a common soldier and committed suicide. I used to have a difficult time distinguishing between a number of Nazi brass when reading WWII history, but now I have a better understanding of the roles each of these men played in the regime. Their dedication to the Fuhrer was absolute, and to gain his validation they were willing to do, or commit anything.