num_pages: 320
description: In 5/40, as Nazi panzers overran the Netherlands, Felix Kersten received a summons he couldn't refuse. A prosperous physical therapist who'd ministered to the Dutch royal family, he was asked to forsake his adopted home in the Netherlands to become personal physician to Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler. While others might have spent the ensuing years paying fearful obeisance to this monstrous master, Kersten discovered he'd the means to manipulate the surprisingly naive Himmler. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives &amp; actually persuaded Himmler to join a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler. The Devil's Doctor tells the true story of how one brave man did everything he could to turn the corrupt &amp; maniacal Nazi power structure against itself &amp; prevent the slaughter of thousands. This tale shows that a person's courageous determination can make a difference.
language: English
title: The Devil's Doctor: Felix Kersten & the Secret Plot to Turn Himmler Against Hitler
titlecomplete: The Devil's Doctor: Felix Kersten & the Secret Plot to Turn Himmler Against Hitler
genres: Germany, Biography, War, History, Holocaust
ratings_count: 22
publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (NYC)