Why read Hitler's Thirty Days to Power?

Book cover of Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933

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In Hitler's Thirty Days to Power, distinguished Yale historian Henry Ashby Turner makes an important and influential addition to his life-long study of Nazi Germany. Providing vivid portraits of the main players of the drama of January 1933, and using newly available documents, Turner masterfully recreates the bewildering circumstances surrounding…

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1 author picked Hitler's Thirty Days to Power as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Neil Spark

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Hitler’s rise to power was not inevitable. That’s the key point of this excellent, detailed account of the days leading to President Hindenburg’s appointment of Hitler to the chancellorship of Germany.

I liked Ashby Turner’s novel-like writing style and his high standard of scholarship. He writes about the wheeling and dealing, the tension of the history-changing event, and the internal conflicts of some of the key actors.

It’s one of the best nonfiction books about the Weimar period I have read.

From Neil's list on Germany between the world wars.