HITLER'S MEN

From «useful idiots» to «victims», historian Jean-Paul Bled presents the portraits of 23 prominent personalities in Nazi Germany, in the tradition of Joachim C. Fest.

Because of Hitler's personality and his absolute power, we often overlook the role and the importance of the men who helped him rise. His top lieutenants - civilians as well as military, those who supported him in his evil enterprise - are at the center of this book, written by one of today's top experts on Germany, Professor Jean-Paul Bled.

Where did they come from? Who were they? What was their exact role in the Third Reich? What was the exact nature of their relationship with Hitler and how did it change over time?

Through these twenty-three biographies, Bled answers these questions and gives us a unique perspective on these men, some of them unknown. «Useful idiots», the first circle, civilians, soldiers, artists and victims are all scrutinized in the author's analysis. Les hommes d'Hitler is in the tradition of the famous work by German historian Joachim C. Fest, The Face Of The Third Reich: Portraits Of The Nazi Leadership.

Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne, Jean-Paul Bled has notably written the biographies of Maria Theresa, Franz Joseph and Bismarck for Perrin (available in Tempus paperback).