Hitler at home
By: Despina Stratigakos
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780300183818
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Psychology
Description: "At the height of the Third Reich, media outlets around the world showcased Hitler's homes to audiences eager for behind-the-scenes stories. After the war, fascination with Hitler's domestic life continued as soldiers and journalists searched his dwellings for insights into his psychology. The book's rich illustrations, many previously unpublished, offer readers a rare glimpse into the decisions involved in the making of Hitler's homes and into the sheer power of the propaganda that influenced how the world saw him."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: The Power of Home; title: Part I; title: 1. Hitler Sets Up House: A Bachelor's Domestic Turn after 1928; title: 2. How the Chancellor Lives: A New Regime for an Old Palace; title: 3. Cultivated Interiors: The 1935 Renovation of the Prince Regent Square Apartment; title: 4. From Haus Wachenfeld to the Berghof: The Domestic Face of Empire; title: 5. Gerdy Troost: Hitler's Other Chosen Architect; title: Part II; title: 6. Campaign Politics and the Invention of the Private Hitler; title: 7. An Alpine Seduction: Propaganda and the Man on the Mountain; title: 8. The Squire of Berchtesgaden: The Making of a Myth in the Foreign Press; title: 9. War and the English-Language Media's Reappraisal of the Domestic Hitler; title: 10. Secrets in the Cellar: Bombing, Looting, and the Reinvention of Hitler's Domesticity; title: 11. "Adolf Doesn't Live Here Anymore": The Troublesome Afterlife of Hitler's Homes; title: Notes; title: Works Cited; title: Index; title: Illustration Credits.