Whoever bears interest the dark hours of the history of Germany and its "Führer" can only be passionate about the work of Ian Kershaw and especially for his book "The Myth of Hitler" published in 1987. The author follows the evolution of the myth of the Führer as events decades thirty and forty in analyzing the anchor in the various components of German society at the time. This myth has been built on the will of the people to eradicate Bolshevism, the desire to acquire Lebensraum implied belonging to German culture, the aspiration to end the presence of Jews in Germany and more generally in Europe. The author shows how this myth was created and what was its upward trend until the defeat at Stalingrad and the inability of authorities to stop the Allied bombing of sound decline. The last chapter of the book deals with the "Jewish question" and its influence on the myth of the man who could hold a speech shifted relative to the abuses in this regard. The author had loved one is more explicit on the possible consequences of the crimes committed against the Jewish community in concentration camp, while treaties are the consequences of the revelation of abuses in the Soviet Union in support of progression Wehrmacht. Many notes usefully complement the narrative. A bibliography mainly referring to German-language books and books "allowing more", and an index make this book an indispensable reference enamelled however sometimes mistranslations.
