Título: With Hitler to the End
Autor: Heinz Linge
Sinopse: Heinz Linge worked with Adolf Hitler for a ten-year period from 1935 until the Führers death in the Berlin bunker in May 1945. He was one of the last to leave the bunker and was responsible for guarding the door while Hitler killed himself. During his years of service, Linge was responsible for all aspects of Hitlers household and was constantly by his side. He claims that only Eva Braun stood closer to Hitler over these years. Here, Linge recounts the daily routine in Hitlers household: his eating habits, his foibles, his preferences, his sense of humor, and his private life with Eva Braun. In fact, Linge believed Hitlers closest companion was his dog Blondi. After the war Linge said in an interview, It was easier for him to sign a death warrant for an officer on the front than to swallow bad news about the health of his dog. Linge also charts the changes in Hitlers character during their time together and his fading health during the last years of the war. During his last days, Hitlers right eye began to hurt intensely and Linge was responsible for administering cocaine drops to kill the pain. In a number of instancessuch as with the Stauffenberg bomb plot of July 1944Linge gives an excellent eyewitness account of events. He also gives thumbnail profiles of the prominent members of Hitlers court: Hess, Speer, Bormann and Ribbentrop amongst them. Though Linge held an SS rank, he claims not to have been a Nazi Party member. His profile of one of historys worst demons is not blindly uncritical, but it is nonetheless affectionate. The Hitler that emerges is a multi-faceted individual: unpredictable and demanding, but not of an otherwise unpleasant nature.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “With Hitler to the End”, de Heinz Linge, publicado pela editora Simon and Schuster, em 2009 e com 218 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Simon and Schuster
Páginas: 218
Ano: 2009
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1628730765
ISBN13: 9781628730760
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Simon and Schuster oferecem uma experiência de leitura que varia entre narrativas densas e envolventes, como histórias de guerra e suspense político, e obras mais acessíveis, incluindo literatura infantil ilustrada e guias práticos. O catálogo sugere uma presença significativa de títulos que exploram temas históricos, biográficos e culturais, com um tom que pode ir do didático ao emocional, passando por investigações detalhadas e relatos de sobrevivência. Há também espaço para obras que combinam informação técnica com apelo visual, como livros de receitas e guias ilustrados, além de literatura fantástica e juvenil com ritmo ágil e linguagem simples. Essa diversidade editorial permite que o leitor navegue por títulos que vão do relato factual ao imaginativo, do mais narrativo ao informativo, sempre com atenção à qualidade da pesquisa e à clareza na exposição.
