Burning the Reichstag
Subtitle: an investigation into the Third Reich's enduring mystery
By: Benjamin Carter Hett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780199322329
Subjects: Politics and government; Reichstagsgebäude (Berlin, Germany)
Other titles: Investigation into the Third Reich's enduring mystery
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Satanic nose": Rudolf Diels; title: "SA + me": Joseph Goebbels; title: "What just went on here is an absolute outrage": rumors; title: "Those who know nothing are better off": the investigation; title: Rival narratives: the propaganda battle; title: "Stand up, van der Lubbe!": the trial and what followed; title: The fire at Nuremberg: the prosecutors' tale; title: "Persil letters": the gestapists' tale; title: "The feared one": Fritz Tobias and his "clients"; title: "Snow from yesterday": blackmail and the Institute for Contemporary History; title: Conclusion: evidence and self-evidence.