The devil's diary : Alfred Rosenberg and the stolen secrets of the Third Reich
by Wittman, Robert K. (Author), Kinney, David (Author)
Summary
"This exploration of the private wartime diary of Alfred Rosenberg--Hitler's 'chief philosopher' and architect of Nazi ideology--interweaves the story of its recent discovery with the revelation of its never-before-published contents, which are contextualized by the authors: The result is a unpreced... Full description
- Prologue: The Vault
- Lost And Found: 1949-2013
- 1. The Crusader
- 2. "Everything Gone"
- 3. "To Stare into the Mind of a Dark Soul"
- Lives In The Balance: 1918-1939
- 4. "Stepchildren of Fate"
- 5. "The Most Hated Paper in the Land!"
- 6. Night Descends
- 7. "Rosenberg's Path"
- 8. The Diary
- 9. "Clever Workings and Lucky Coincidences "
- 10. "The Time Isn't Ripe for Me Yet"
- 11. Exile in Tuscany
- 12. "I Had Won Over the Old Party's Heart"
- 13. Escape
- At War: 1939-1946
- 14. "The Burden of What's to Come"
- 15. On the Make
- 16. Thieves in Paris
- 17. "Rosenberg, Your Great Hour Has Now Arrived"
- 18. "Special Tasks"
- 19. "Our Own Tragic Special Destiny"
- 20. Nazis Next Door
- 21. The Chaostministerium
- 22. "A Ruin"
- 23. "Loyal to Him to the End"
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: A Third Reich Timeline
- Appendix B: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.