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Stalin's obsession with Adolf Hitler persisted long after the war, as he struggled to accept the reality of Hitler's suicide in 1945. In his paranoia, Stalin directed the NKVD to thoroughly investigate Hitler's private life and the circumstances surrounding his death. Two captives of the Soviet Army, Otto Guensche and Heinz Linge, were interrogated daily for months, their accounts meticulously cross-checked. The NKVD ultimately compiled a comprehensive dossier on Hitler, which they presented to Stalin in 1949. This document not only provided deep insights into Hitler—ranging from his directives on how to burn his body to glimpses of his humor—but also reflected Stalin's biases, notably omitting any criticism of Hitler's treatment of Jews. The original 413-page biography is now a Kremlin treasure, reportedly held in President Putin's safe, while a second copy created by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959 resides in Moscow Party archives. Historians Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl uncovered this version, allowing for the first public access to this revealing portrait of both dictators and their destructive rivalry that reshaped Europe.
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Le dossier Hitler, Henrik Eberle, Matthias Uhl, Otto Günsche, Heinz Linge
- Language
- Released
- 2006
- Binding
- (Hardcover),
- Book condition
- Good
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- Title
- Le dossier Hitler
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Henrik Eberle, Matthias Uhl, Otto Günsche, Heinz Linge
- Publisher
- France loisirs
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 508
- ISBN10
- 274419879X
- ISBN13
- 9782744198793
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Creative Nonfiction, Germany, Wars, World War II, Holocaust, Nazism, Adolf Hitler, Historical Sources
- First published
- 2005
- Original title
- Das Buch Hitler
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Stalin's obsession with Adolf Hitler persisted long after the war, as he struggled to accept the reality of Hitler's suicide in 1945. In his paranoia, Stalin directed the NKVD to thoroughly investigate Hitler's private life and the circumstances surrounding his death. Two captives of the Soviet Army, Otto Guensche and Heinz Linge, were interrogated daily for months, their accounts meticulously cross-checked. The NKVD ultimately compiled a comprehensive dossier on Hitler, which they presented to Stalin in 1949. This document not only provided deep insights into Hitler—ranging from his directives on how to burn his body to glimpses of his humor—but also reflected Stalin's biases, notably omitting any criticism of Hitler's treatment of Jews. The original 413-page biography is now a Kremlin treasure, reportedly held in President Putin's safe, while a second copy created by Nikita Khrushchev in 1959 resides in Moscow Party archives. Historians Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl uncovered this version, allowing for the first public access to this revealing portrait of both dictators and their destructive rivalry that reshaped Europe.