The book of Hitler

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The book Hitler by the joint editors Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl is the translation, with a foreword by Horst Möller , of a secret dossier for Josef Stalin on Hitler and his environment , which has also become known as file number 462a . The book is based on a copy made during the Khrushchev era and found in 2004 by the two editors in the Moscow State Archives for Contemporary History. The original is said to be under lock and key in the archives of Russian President Putin .

The dossier presents Hitler's personal living conditions and his immediate surroundings, his management style, his private affairs and even intimate habits. It is based on the interrogations of Hitler's valet Heinz Linge and the personal adjutant (or "chief of personal service") Otto Günsch , which were carried out by the Russian secret service during the years of their captivity. The original comprises 413 typewritten pages that were presented to Stalin on December 29, 1949. At the end of 1945, Stalin personally instructed the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) to prepare the dossier .

Above all, Stalin wanted to be certain whether Hitler was actually dead, or whether he was in the custody of one of the other warring parties. The compilation of the files suggested that Stalin also had a voyeuristic interest in the privacy of the defeated opponent.

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expenditure

  • Henrik Eberle & Matthias Uhl (eds.): The book Hitler. NKVD secret dossier for Josef W. Stalin, compiled on the basis of the interrogation protocols of Hitler's personal adjutant, Otto G possibly, and the valet Heinz Linge, Moscow 1948/49. From the Russian by Helmut Ettinger; with a foreword by Horst Möller. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-7857-2226-5 . Paperback edition: Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-64219-9 .

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