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賲賰鬲亘丞 賴鬲賱乇 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞
"毓賳 丿丕乇 兀賱賰丕 賮賷 亘睾丿丕丿貙 氐丿乇 丨丿賷孬丕賸 賰鬲丕亘 亘毓賳賵丕賳 鈥溬呝冐ㄘ� 賴鬲賱乇 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞鈥� 賱賱亘丕丨孬 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷 鬲賷賲賵孬賷 丿亘賱賷賵 乇賷亘丕賰 賵賲賳 鬲乇噩賲丞 爻丕乇丞 爻賱丕賲丞.
賷賮丨氐 丕賱賲丐賱賮貙 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻乇丿賷丞 賲孬賷乇丞貙 丨賷丕丞 賴鬲賱乇 賲毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 賲賳匕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱兀賵賱 丕賱匕賷 丕卮鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 賷賵賲 丕孬賳賷賳 賰卅賷亘 賲賳 兀賵丕禺乇 賳賵賮賲亘乇 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賲 1915 亘丕賱賯乇亘 賲賳 丕賱噩亘賴丞 賮賷 卮賲丕賱 賮乇賳爻丕 賲賳 賲賰鬲亘丞 賮賵乇賳爻 毓賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賲毓賲丕乇賷 賱賲丿賷賳丞 亘乇賱賷賳 賵丨鬲賶 兀氐亘丨鬲 孬賱丕孬丞 丌賱丕賮 賰鬲丕亘 賲禺亘兀丞 賮賷 氐賳丕丿賷賯 丕賱亘賷乇丞 賮賷 賲賳噩賲 賮賷 亘丕賮丕乇賷丕 鈥� 亘賯賷鬲 爻賱賷賲丞 亘毓丿 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘. 賯丕乇卅丕 賴賵丕賲卮賴丕 賵廿賴丿丕亍丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲賴 毓賱賷賴丕 賲亘賷賳丕 賱賳丕 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賵賰鬲亘賴 鬲鬲胤賵乇 亘賷賳賲丕 賴賵 賷賳鬲賯賱 賲賳 禺賳丕丿賯 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 廿賱賶 賲爻鬲卮丕乇賷丞 丕賱乇丕賷禺 賮賷 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳賷丕鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱賯亘賵 丨賷孬 兀賲囟賶 兀賷丕賲賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞貙 賷賯丿賲 乇賷亘丕賰 亘兀賲丕賳丞 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳爻噩賴丕 丨賵賱 賰鬲亘 賴鬲賱乇 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賲賯丿賲丕 賵噩賴丕鬲 賳馗乇 噩丿賷丿丞貙 賮毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘賷丕鬲 丕賱賴丕卅賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 毓賳 賴鬲賱乇貙 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賯賱亘 噩賲賷毓 丕賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲貙 賮丕賱禺胤乇 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴 賴鬲賱乇 賷鬲乇亘氐 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賮賷丞貙 賴賳丕賰 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕. 賱匕丕 賷毓丿 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕丨丿丕 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱賰鬲亘 毓賳 兀賮賰丕乇 賴鬲賱乇 賵賰丕卮賮丕 賱兀爻乇丕乇 丨賷丕鬲賴.
鬲賷賲賵孬賷 丿亘賱賷賵 乇賷亘丕賰: 亘丕丨孬 賵賲丐乇禺 兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 賵賲丿賷乇 賲毓賴丿 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賵丕賱賲氐丕賱丨丞 賮賷 賱丕賴丕賷. 卮睾賱 爻丕亘賯賸丕 賲賳氐亘 賳丕卅亘 丕賱兀賲賷賳 丕賱毓丕賲 賱賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞 丕賱丿亘賱賵賲丕爻賷丞 丕賱丿賵賱賷丞 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻. 賯亘賱 匕賱賰貙 賰丕賳 賲丨丕囟乇賸丕 賮賷 鬲禺氐氐 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱兀丿亘 賮賷 噩丕賲毓丞 賴丕乇賮丕乇丿. 賵賴賵 丨丕氐賱 毓賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇丕賴".
- 賲噩賱丞 賯賳丕氐 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞
賷賮丨氐 丕賱賲丐賱賮貙 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻乇丿賷丞 賲孬賷乇丞貙 丨賷丕丞 賴鬲賱乇 賲毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 賲賳匕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱兀賵賱 丕賱匕賷 丕卮鬲乇丕賴 賮賷 賷賵賲 丕孬賳賷賳 賰卅賷亘 賲賳 兀賵丕禺乇 賳賵賮賲亘乇 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賲 1915 亘丕賱賯乇亘 賲賳 丕賱噩亘賴丞 賮賷 卮賲丕賱 賮乇賳爻丕 賲賳 賲賰鬲亘丞 賮賵乇賳爻 毓賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賲毓賲丕乇賷 賱賲丿賷賳丞 亘乇賱賷賳 賵丨鬲賶 兀氐亘丨鬲 孬賱丕孬丞 丌賱丕賮 賰鬲丕亘 賲禺亘兀丞 賮賷 氐賳丕丿賷賯 丕賱亘賷乇丞 賮賷 賲賳噩賲 賮賷 亘丕賮丕乇賷丕 鈥� 亘賯賷鬲 爻賱賷賲丞 亘毓丿 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘. 賯丕乇卅丕 賴賵丕賲卮賴丕 賵廿賴丿丕亍丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲賴 毓賱賷賴丕 賲亘賷賳丕 賱賳丕 兀賳 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 亘賷賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賵賰鬲亘賴 鬲鬲胤賵乇 亘賷賳賲丕 賴賵 賷賳鬲賯賱 賲賳 禺賳丕丿賯 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 廿賱賶 賲爻鬲卮丕乇賷丞 丕賱乇丕賷禺 賮賷 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳賷丕鬲 廿賱賶 丕賱賯亘賵 丨賷孬 兀賲囟賶 兀賷丕賲賴 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞貙 賷賯丿賲 乇賷亘丕賰 亘兀賲丕賳丞 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳爻噩賴丕 丨賵賱 賰鬲亘 賴鬲賱乇 丕賱禺丕氐丞 賲賯丿賲丕 賵噩賴丕鬲 賳馗乇 噩丿賷丿丞貙 賮毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘賷丕鬲 丕賱賴丕卅賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 毓賳 賴鬲賱乇貙 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賷賯賱亘 噩賲賷毓 丕賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲貙 賮丕賱禺胤乇 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴 賴鬲賱乇 賷鬲乇亘氐 賮賷 丕賱禺賱賮賷丞貙 賴賳丕賰 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 賷賯乇兀賴丕. 賱匕丕 賷毓丿 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵丕丨丿丕 賲賳 兀賴賲 丕賱賰鬲亘 毓賳 兀賮賰丕乇 賴鬲賱乇 賵賰丕卮賮丕 賱兀爻乇丕乇 丨賷丕鬲賴.
鬲賷賲賵孬賷 丿亘賱賷賵 乇賷亘丕賰: 亘丕丨孬 賵賲丐乇禺 兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 賵賲丿賷乇 賲毓賴丿 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賵丕賱賲氐丕賱丨丞 賮賷 賱丕賴丕賷. 卮睾賱 爻丕亘賯賸丕 賲賳氐亘 賳丕卅亘 丕賱兀賲賷賳 丕賱毓丕賲 賱賱兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞 丕賱丿亘賱賵賲丕爻賷丞 丕賱丿賵賱賷丞 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻. 賯亘賱 匕賱賰貙 賰丕賳 賲丨丕囟乇賸丕 賮賷 鬲禺氐氐 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱兀丿亘 賮賷 噩丕賲毓丞 賴丕乇賮丕乇丿. 賵賴賵 丨丕氐賱 毓賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇丕賴".
- 賲噩賱丞 賯賳丕氐 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞
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First published January 1, 2008
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Timothy W. Ryback
10听books56听followersTimothy W. Ryback is an American historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He previously served as the Deputy-Secretary General of the Acad茅mie Diplomatique Internationale in Paris, and Director and Vice President of the Salzburg Global Seminar. Prior to this, he was a lecturer in the Concentration of History and Literature at Harvard University.
Ryback has written on European history, politics and culture for numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker and The New York Times. He is the author of The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau, published in 2000. He also wrote Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life, published in 2008. Ryback is also author of Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, published in 1989.
Ryback has written on European history, politics and culture for numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker and The New York Times. He is the author of The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau, published in 2000. He also wrote Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life, published in 2008. Ryback is also author of Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, published in 1989.
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December 20, 2023
Hitler was a terrible person, but there's a lot I identify with him as a reader.
The nightly marathons. The need to read daily. The accumulation keeping pace with the disposable income. The TBR mountain. The pencil-studded dialogue with the opinions on page. The autodidact itch scratched by encyclopedias. The "If I have money, I buy books. If I have a little money left, I buy food" mentality worded by Erasmus.
To have multiple non-partisan observers verdict his used collection as "a comprehensive military history library" is of course an aspiration for a WW buff. I'm up to serveral "you have more books than anyone I know" comments.
My copy has 20 spine cracks for 200 pages, dog-ears, coffee & bolognaise stains, travel wear ...
It has annotations for 30+ books that I feel I should read myself, such as Carlyle's biography of Frederick the Great or Der Untergang des Abendlandes * Also, it was a gift from my father.
In short, with a R. Lee Ermey chorus, "there are many like it, but this one is mine".
Is Timothy Snyder being too self-centered ? If trench dust or a moustache hair fall from between the pages while you are browsing books which librarians have kept in storage for decades, you are allowed to call that "a discovery".
Does he do anything wrong ? Yes, his methodology runs on peacetime signs of use, so he runs out of identifiable material when the war breaks out.
What did Hitler read between 1940 & 1945 ?
*2016's deluxe translation.
The nightly marathons. The need to read daily. The accumulation keeping pace with the disposable income. The TBR mountain. The pencil-studded dialogue with the opinions on page. The autodidact itch scratched by encyclopedias. The "If I have money, I buy books. If I have a little money left, I buy food" mentality worded by Erasmus.
To have multiple non-partisan observers verdict his used collection as "a comprehensive military history library" is of course an aspiration for a WW buff. I'm up to serveral "you have more books than anyone I know" comments.
My copy has 20 spine cracks for 200 pages, dog-ears, coffee & bolognaise stains, travel wear ...
It has annotations for 30+ books that I feel I should read myself, such as Carlyle's biography of Frederick the Great or Der Untergang des Abendlandes * Also, it was a gift from my father.
In short, with a R. Lee Ermey chorus, "there are many like it, but this one is mine".
Is Timothy Snyder being too self-centered ? If trench dust or a moustache hair fall from between the pages while you are browsing books which librarians have kept in storage for decades, you are allowed to call that "a discovery".
Does he do anything wrong ? Yes, his methodology runs on peacetime signs of use, so he runs out of identifiable material when the war breaks out.
What did Hitler read between 1940 & 1945 ?
*2016's deluxe translation.
August 26, 2022
Every evening I read one or two books, even when I go to bed late - Adolf Hitler*
Hitler was an avid reader, so much so that when he had to choose between food and books, often chose the latter. In this book, Timothy W. Ryback examines which writers and books contributed to the formation of Hitler's views. Hitler had an urge to educate himself on various topics, often flipping through his books in search of relevant passages that seemed to support his views. He possessed a vast intellectual knowledge, composed of books by authors such as Darwin, Max Weber, Eckhardt and especially Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
Did Timothy W. Ryback succeed in penetrating Hitlers views? No, but he gets pretty far. Hitler is and remains inscrutable, but his books allow us to see what attracted his attention, where it lingered, what he overlooked and where a question arose or an impression was formed.
Being a fervent reader myself, I repeatedly posed myself the question how I related to Hitler. Just like Hitler, I daily read different books on a varying range of topics such as science, politics, (military) history and social-cultural developments. How would I have fared if I grew up in the same period as Hitler and would have read the same books as he did? In what aspect do the books we read influence or determine the way we see the world, act or determine our fellow men? To answer this is difficult, but I guess we still have an influence or free will on how we would like to contribute to this world. And for me that is: be good and treat others well.
Read in Dutch
* My translation from the original Dutch text
Hitler was an avid reader, so much so that when he had to choose between food and books, often chose the latter. In this book, Timothy W. Ryback examines which writers and books contributed to the formation of Hitler's views. Hitler had an urge to educate himself on various topics, often flipping through his books in search of relevant passages that seemed to support his views. He possessed a vast intellectual knowledge, composed of books by authors such as Darwin, Max Weber, Eckhardt and especially Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
Did Timothy W. Ryback succeed in penetrating Hitlers views? No, but he gets pretty far. Hitler is and remains inscrutable, but his books allow us to see what attracted his attention, where it lingered, what he overlooked and where a question arose or an impression was formed.
Being a fervent reader myself, I repeatedly posed myself the question how I related to Hitler. Just like Hitler, I daily read different books on a varying range of topics such as science, politics, (military) history and social-cultural developments. How would I have fared if I grew up in the same period as Hitler and would have read the same books as he did? In what aspect do the books we read influence or determine the way we see the world, act or determine our fellow men? To answer this is difficult, but I guess we still have an influence or free will on how we would like to contribute to this world. And for me that is: be good and treat others well.
Read in Dutch
* My translation from the original Dutch text
July 16, 2015
You could judge a collector by his collection! Hitler was a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, he owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - Ironic eh?! [He read voraciously].
Walter Banjamin once said that you could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interests, his habits. The books we retain and those we discard, those we read as well as those we decode not to, all say something about who we are. Quoting Hegel, Benjamin noted, "Only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight," and concluded, "Only in extinction is the collector comprehended."
Benjamin proposed that a private library serves as a permanent and credible witness to the character of its collector, leading him to the following philosophic conceit: we collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector. "Not that they come alive in him," Benjamin posited. "It is he who lives in them.
Walter Banjamin once said that you could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interests, his habits. The books we retain and those we discard, those we read as well as those we decode not to, all say something about who we are. Quoting Hegel, Benjamin noted, "Only when it is dark does the owl of Minerva begin its flight," and concluded, "Only in extinction is the collector comprehended."
Benjamin proposed that a private library serves as a permanent and credible witness to the character of its collector, leading him to the following philosophic conceit: we collect books in the belief that we are preserving them when in fact it is the books that preserve their collector. "Not that they come alive in him," Benjamin posited. "It is he who lives in them.
June 14, 2009
What can a person's library tell you about him or her?
After reading this book, I still don't know; but this is an interesting examination of one of history's most infamous bibliophiles. (And sometimes downright creepy -- at one point, the author was examining a book from Hitler's library and discovered "tucked in the crease...a wiry inch-long black hair that appears to be from a moustache.")
Although only a small portion of Hitler's library survives, the relatively few remaining texts do allow for a snapshot, no matter however underdeveloped, of his interests. Predictably, books on pseudo-science, specifically focusing on race, shaped Hitler's early life. He had every German translation of Henry Ford's books on anti-Semitism, and was quoted as saying, "I regard Ford as my inspiration." Later, he superficially read Kant, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer (often taking them out of context, gleaning from their writings what he found 鈥渦seful鈥�) and mixed their works with contemporary crackpot mysticism in an effort to fashion National Socialism into a sort of quasi-state religion to counter materialism (the philosophical foundation of Communism). Think of the psychology behind those night rallies with big torches and all the pomp, the F眉hrer elevated and framed by the Parteiadler for effect.
Just prior to, and during, WWII, Hitler -- already predisposed to weave the most disparate views into a perverse mosaic -- was surrounded by handlers who filtered the texts he would read to fit his already paranoid and rationalized worldview. Hence, books from sycophants and hangers-on of every stripe informed his "thinking." As the Soviets surrounded Berlin, Hitler apparently felt a kinship with Bismarck (whose biography he had read and re-read) and would draw parallels between their lives to the point that he would seize upon the most strained minutiae as proof of his theory (for instance, seeing the death of FDR as a harbinger of a long-sought fracture in the American-English-Soviet alliance akin to the death of tsarina Elizabeth and the resulting fissure of the alliance between Austria, France and Russia against Germany in 1861).
Then Hitler killed himself and his corpse was burned beyond recognition.
Page 68 has a typo, printing "the" twice in sequence.
Memorable Hitler quotes from the book:
"A leader can make mistakes, no question about that. But following a bad decision will achieve the final goal better than personal freedom."
"The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not."
"We are fighting in the far reaches to protect our homeland so that we can keep the war far away in order to spare us the fate we would suffer if it were closer."
After reading this book, I still don't know; but this is an interesting examination of one of history's most infamous bibliophiles. (And sometimes downright creepy -- at one point, the author was examining a book from Hitler's library and discovered "tucked in the crease...a wiry inch-long black hair that appears to be from a moustache.")
Although only a small portion of Hitler's library survives, the relatively few remaining texts do allow for a snapshot, no matter however underdeveloped, of his interests. Predictably, books on pseudo-science, specifically focusing on race, shaped Hitler's early life. He had every German translation of Henry Ford's books on anti-Semitism, and was quoted as saying, "I regard Ford as my inspiration." Later, he superficially read Kant, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer (often taking them out of context, gleaning from their writings what he found 鈥渦seful鈥�) and mixed their works with contemporary crackpot mysticism in an effort to fashion National Socialism into a sort of quasi-state religion to counter materialism (the philosophical foundation of Communism). Think of the psychology behind those night rallies with big torches and all the pomp, the F眉hrer elevated and framed by the Parteiadler for effect.
Just prior to, and during, WWII, Hitler -- already predisposed to weave the most disparate views into a perverse mosaic -- was surrounded by handlers who filtered the texts he would read to fit his already paranoid and rationalized worldview. Hence, books from sycophants and hangers-on of every stripe informed his "thinking." As the Soviets surrounded Berlin, Hitler apparently felt a kinship with Bismarck (whose biography he had read and re-read) and would draw parallels between their lives to the point that he would seize upon the most strained minutiae as proof of his theory (for instance, seeing the death of FDR as a harbinger of a long-sought fracture in the American-English-Soviet alliance akin to the death of tsarina Elizabeth and the resulting fissure of the alliance between Austria, France and Russia against Germany in 1861).
Then Hitler killed himself and his corpse was burned beyond recognition.
Page 68 has a typo, printing "the" twice in sequence.
Memorable Hitler quotes from the book:
"A leader can make mistakes, no question about that. But following a bad decision will achieve the final goal better than personal freedom."
"The victor will not be asked afterwards whether he told the truth or not."
"We are fighting in the far reaches to protect our homeland so that we can keep the war far away in order to spare us the fate we would suffer if it were closer."
January 6, 2023
The books that can be traced back to Hitler's private library help fill in some of the many outstanding questions historians still have about him. I do think that the books you read say something about you; in the case of Hitler it seems as if there was very little in his library that could expand his world view.
November 18, 2023
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June 13, 2023
This book provides a mini-biography of Hitler specific to the aspects of his reading habits and the books that influenced his life.
Ryback prefers to discuss the formative experiences of Hitler and his personal life, and the book does a decent job. I'd say it is interesting to know a bit more about Hitler as a person from this aspect.
This book talks about Hitler in an objective and academic manner, without being openly biased or hostile which I really appreciated. The exception to this is that the book fails to provide the historical context of Bolshevism being Jewish, which was a very well known fact at the time. Ryback makes it sound like Bolshevism being Jewish is some sort of lunatic conspiracy theory limited to Germany's far right circles, and therefore making it irrational for the European peoples to be afraid of the Jews. But if you read Mein Kampf critically, you'll notice that Hitler clearly takes it for granted that the reader already knows that Bolshevism was almost entirely Jewish, which was common knowledge at the time. In fact, even Winston Churchill said it first (see his article in the Illustrated Sunday Herald, February 8, 1920, widely available online). Was Winston Churchill also part of this German far-right conspiracy?
I say this to highlight that the book overstates the influence that certain books or individuals have had on Hitler. The book makes it sound like it just happens that Hitler formed his ideas because he met Drexler or Eckart or stumbled upon a book by Madison Grant. For example Ryback clearly condemns scientific racism and implies that this came in Hitler's mind because he stumbled upon some racist book and not from a simple natural instinct and / or logic and observation. Surely you don't need a book to see achievements in art, engineering, technology, literature, philosophy etc. in Europe and compare them with sub-Saharian Africa where they didn't even invent a written language? Or you don't need a book to realize that, for example, Egypt used to be the most advanced civilization in the world but now it's not, and ask yourself why?
I would love to read the opposite of this book: an investigation of the books and influences that would make someone believe that all races are equal.
You're probably wondering if this book is helpful to understand Hitler's ideology. The answer is mostly no. Apart from the author's bias against the idea of racial differences, the author doesn't explore the motivations and arguments of the points of views of the books that influenced Hitler and, more importantly, these cover only very small aspects of National Socialism. However, Ryback does mention a couple of fundamental points:
"Grant demonstrated to Hitler that the dynamics of human populations represented a force more powerful than any single political leader, any single government, any political or military alliance regardless of its size or power. This was the Grant epiphany, the intersection between the two inexorable forces of time and demography."
The chapter on does a good job at explaining how Hitler's vision was much greater than the one of a simple politician or tyrant. Hitler believed that what really mattered was the survival of the Aryan and Nordic race in the course of world history, and not a "civic nationalism" which was specific to the country of Germany. The demographic shifts, races being replaced, is what really changes the face of the world.
Another very revealing quote from Ryback's book, while discussing Sven Hedin's "America in the Battle of the Continents" (this book doesn't seem to be available in English):
"Hitler expressed relief that Poland had rejected his repeated attempts at finding a peaceful solution, for had he not gone to war in 1939, he told Hedin, Germany would have been lulled into a false sense of security and turned its attentions to cultural instead of military matters, while the Soviet Union would have continued to prepare itself for war. 鈥淎nd even if we had not neglected armaments, they would have remained within normal limits, which would have left us a few years later in a position of helpless inferiority before the Asian colossus,鈥� Hitler claimed. 鈥淯nder these circumstances, the fate of Europe and with it thousands of years of culture would have found its end."
Which fits perfectly in the concept that Hitler was trying to protect the whole of White Christian Europe from Judeo-Bolshevism, and that the war was inevitable and not something Hitler wanted.
Overall, Ryback's book is quite interesting to explore how Hitler had a passion for reading books, and you can get quite a few good book recommendations. For example, apart from Grant's book, , , and .
Regardless of what you may think of Hitler's ideas, this book does a good job at putting them in the context of a solid intellectual foundation that was very widely accepted in the 19th and early 20th century.
Ryback prefers to discuss the formative experiences of Hitler and his personal life, and the book does a decent job. I'd say it is interesting to know a bit more about Hitler as a person from this aspect.
This book talks about Hitler in an objective and academic manner, without being openly biased or hostile which I really appreciated. The exception to this is that the book fails to provide the historical context of Bolshevism being Jewish, which was a very well known fact at the time. Ryback makes it sound like Bolshevism being Jewish is some sort of lunatic conspiracy theory limited to Germany's far right circles, and therefore making it irrational for the European peoples to be afraid of the Jews. But if you read Mein Kampf critically, you'll notice that Hitler clearly takes it for granted that the reader already knows that Bolshevism was almost entirely Jewish, which was common knowledge at the time. In fact, even Winston Churchill said it first (see his article in the Illustrated Sunday Herald, February 8, 1920, widely available online). Was Winston Churchill also part of this German far-right conspiracy?
I say this to highlight that the book overstates the influence that certain books or individuals have had on Hitler. The book makes it sound like it just happens that Hitler formed his ideas because he met Drexler or Eckart or stumbled upon a book by Madison Grant. For example Ryback clearly condemns scientific racism and implies that this came in Hitler's mind because he stumbled upon some racist book and not from a simple natural instinct and / or logic and observation. Surely you don't need a book to see achievements in art, engineering, technology, literature, philosophy etc. in Europe and compare them with sub-Saharian Africa where they didn't even invent a written language? Or you don't need a book to realize that, for example, Egypt used to be the most advanced civilization in the world but now it's not, and ask yourself why?
I would love to read the opposite of this book: an investigation of the books and influences that would make someone believe that all races are equal.
You're probably wondering if this book is helpful to understand Hitler's ideology. The answer is mostly no. Apart from the author's bias against the idea of racial differences, the author doesn't explore the motivations and arguments of the points of views of the books that influenced Hitler and, more importantly, these cover only very small aspects of National Socialism. However, Ryback does mention a couple of fundamental points:
"Grant demonstrated to Hitler that the dynamics of human populations represented a force more powerful than any single political leader, any single government, any political or military alliance regardless of its size or power. This was the Grant epiphany, the intersection between the two inexorable forces of time and demography."
The chapter on does a good job at explaining how Hitler's vision was much greater than the one of a simple politician or tyrant. Hitler believed that what really mattered was the survival of the Aryan and Nordic race in the course of world history, and not a "civic nationalism" which was specific to the country of Germany. The demographic shifts, races being replaced, is what really changes the face of the world.
Another very revealing quote from Ryback's book, while discussing Sven Hedin's "America in the Battle of the Continents" (this book doesn't seem to be available in English):
"Hitler expressed relief that Poland had rejected his repeated attempts at finding a peaceful solution, for had he not gone to war in 1939, he told Hedin, Germany would have been lulled into a false sense of security and turned its attentions to cultural instead of military matters, while the Soviet Union would have continued to prepare itself for war. 鈥淎nd even if we had not neglected armaments, they would have remained within normal limits, which would have left us a few years later in a position of helpless inferiority before the Asian colossus,鈥� Hitler claimed. 鈥淯nder these circumstances, the fate of Europe and with it thousands of years of culture would have found its end."
Which fits perfectly in the concept that Hitler was trying to protect the whole of White Christian Europe from Judeo-Bolshevism, and that the war was inevitable and not something Hitler wanted.
Overall, Ryback's book is quite interesting to explore how Hitler had a passion for reading books, and you can get quite a few good book recommendations. For example, apart from Grant's book, , , and .
Regardless of what you may think of Hitler's ideas, this book does a good job at putting them in the context of a solid intellectual foundation that was very widely accepted in the 19th and early 20th century.
October 16, 2013
Whenever I meet someone for the first time, that one thing I wonder is 'What books does this person read? what has he/ she already read? Would they have read, what I have read? What will be their opinion on these books?'
Weird, I know but I am pretty sure a few of my fellow bibliophiles will attest to having done the same as well. Anyway, I had picked this up with the curiosity of knowing what did the man hated by millions read? What did he own? and I assure you that the author has done a fine job of presenting those facts with efforts one can feel are very sincere.
I gave this a four star for the dry narrative. It was just simply difficult to read this book in one stretch. Had it not been for my overwhelming curiosity on the matter, I may have never come to like this book.
Definitely worth a read.
Weird, I know but I am pretty sure a few of my fellow bibliophiles will attest to having done the same as well. Anyway, I had picked this up with the curiosity of knowing what did the man hated by millions read? What did he own? and I assure you that the author has done a fine job of presenting those facts with efforts one can feel are very sincere.
I gave this a four star for the dry narrative. It was just simply difficult to read this book in one stretch. Had it not been for my overwhelming curiosity on the matter, I may have never come to like this book.
Definitely worth a read.
September 27, 2017
Though non-fiction, this book takes the form of a novel-in-stories. Each chapter tells a discrete story about Hitler, centered on one or more of the volumes from his library. Ryback has chosen books for which there is some evidence showing that Hitler actually read it, at least in part. Taken together, the stories form an episodic biography, but one which concentrates on events that are not those usually emphasized in the life of the dictator. For example, one chapter deals with Hitler鈥檚 relationship with an early mentor / financer Dietrich Eckart (who presented the then-obscure politician with a copy of Peer Gynt). Another tells of a struggle for influence between National Socialists and the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, a form of d茅tente somewhat favorable to the latter being presented in the book, Foundations of National Socialism by Bishop Alois Hudal, a partially read copy of which was found among Hitler鈥檚 books, but which was never allowed to be sold under the Third Reich. A chapter on various mystical works Hitler seems to have read is rather tough going for its attempted explication of what Ryback admits is "a dime-store theory cobbled together from cheap, tendentious paperbacks and esoteric hardcovers".
Perhaps because of its bookish emphasis, actual violence seldom intrudes into the narrative. The Night of Long Knives in mentioned in passing, and there is no allusion at all to the 1944 bomb plot which almost succeeded in assassinating Hitler. Although the preface is entitled 鈥淭he Man Who Burned Books鈥�, there is very little mention of the suppression of literature or authors under the Nazis. This gives the story that emerges a tendency to dwell in the arena of ideas and verbal argument rather than the all too brutal reality that the book鈥檚 subject brought about.
Ryback writes authoritatively on the Nazi era and the years leading up to it, and seems to have delved deeply into the particular subject of this book. He cross-checks the volumes for underlining of similar ideas to get some sense of the thoughts of the reader behind the markings, as well as a kind of self-check verifying that the marks actually come from the hand of Hitler. He occasionally evokes the physical presence of the books themselves: the dedications, amount of wear, how far and in what manner the pages have been cut. In one volume, an acquisition dating from WWI, he notes mud-flecks, dirty fingerprints, and, eerily, a short black hair pressed between the pages.
Perhaps because of its bookish emphasis, actual violence seldom intrudes into the narrative. The Night of Long Knives in mentioned in passing, and there is no allusion at all to the 1944 bomb plot which almost succeeded in assassinating Hitler. Although the preface is entitled 鈥淭he Man Who Burned Books鈥�, there is very little mention of the suppression of literature or authors under the Nazis. This gives the story that emerges a tendency to dwell in the arena of ideas and verbal argument rather than the all too brutal reality that the book鈥檚 subject brought about.
Ryback writes authoritatively on the Nazi era and the years leading up to it, and seems to have delved deeply into the particular subject of this book. He cross-checks the volumes for underlining of similar ideas to get some sense of the thoughts of the reader behind the markings, as well as a kind of self-check verifying that the marks actually come from the hand of Hitler. He occasionally evokes the physical presence of the books themselves: the dedications, amount of wear, how far and in what manner the pages have been cut. In one volume, an acquisition dating from WWI, he notes mud-flecks, dirty fingerprints, and, eerily, a short black hair pressed between the pages.
December 19, 2018
I finished this book within three days due to its very easy readability. Mr Ryback has written an interesting book on Hitler鈥檚 intellectual journey, including some of the books that he drew inspiration from.
It was also interesting to see the complete National Socialist 鈥榬eading list鈥� which is featured within the book. I could not find any source online, so I鈥檓 happy to keep this book within my possession for further reference.
It was also interesting to see the complete National Socialist 鈥榬eading list鈥� which is featured within the book. I could not find any source online, so I鈥檓 happy to keep this book within my possession for further reference.
August 26, 2022
Hitler was apparently a voracious reader, owning 16,000 books over his lifetime. As a child, he enjoyed stories about adventurers and colonial adventures written by the likes of Karl May and Sven Hedin. They may or may not have influenced his desire for world domination, though he did court Hedin鈥檚 support for the Third Reich during WW2. Hitler was also into religious texts, and said his ambition was to be a preacher. He would give sermons to his sister and half-siblings in the living room. However, he later came under the influence of Dietrich Ekhart, his mentor, who espoused the conspiracy theory that Christianity itself was a perversion introduced to the world by Judaism.
In terms of the political aspects of Nazism, Hitler owned books by many philosophers associated with Nazi thinking, like Fichte and Nietzsche (the Fichte book was given to him by Leni Riefenstahl, the female director of Triumph of the Will). However, he actually shows little evidence of having read them, though they were recommended by the party. Instead, Hitler鈥檚 anti-Semitism was fanned by 鈥渟cientific鈥� biology books showing the superiority of the Aryan race, in which he wrote extensively in the margins.
Hitler was also very well-read in military matters, and knew whole tracts of books by heart, despite having spent WW1 as a corporal. He read well into the night. In 1945, when defeat appeared imminent, Hitler was reading books about Frederick the Great, who was saved by the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. Hitler was, however, far from strategic - he also showed a deep interest in the occult and supernatural genres, including astrology and the predictions of Nostradamus.
In terms of the political aspects of Nazism, Hitler owned books by many philosophers associated with Nazi thinking, like Fichte and Nietzsche (the Fichte book was given to him by Leni Riefenstahl, the female director of Triumph of the Will). However, he actually shows little evidence of having read them, though they were recommended by the party. Instead, Hitler鈥檚 anti-Semitism was fanned by 鈥渟cientific鈥� biology books showing the superiority of the Aryan race, in which he wrote extensively in the margins.
Hitler was also very well-read in military matters, and knew whole tracts of books by heart, despite having spent WW1 as a corporal. He read well into the night. In 1945, when defeat appeared imminent, Hitler was reading books about Frederick the Great, who was saved by the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg. Hitler was, however, far from strategic - he also showed a deep interest in the occult and supernatural genres, including astrology and the predictions of Nostradamus.
March 6, 2017
Hitler to most of us is an (evil) enigma. How could he do what he did and be so successful? What kind of person was he?
One way to tell who someone really is, is by looking at the people they chose to have around them, another is by looking at the books they chose to have around them. This book focuses on what we can know was in Hitler's library and what part of that we can know he read. Hitler was a reader. His usual evening reportedly included reading as he went to bed. Like many serious readers he left notes in his books, underlining, and sometimes question marks or exclamation marks. And, some of the books in his library appear to not have been read. Interestingly, we even have some records of the books he checked out from the library as a poorer young man.
In his library he had some 7,000 books on military matters or people. He had about 1,500 on artistic subjects like architecture, theater, painting, and sculpture. Another section contained books on astrology and spiritualism from all over the world. His library also included about 200 photographs of the constellations on important days in Hitler's life with personal notations from Hitler, each preserved in it's own envelope. He had another 1,000 books on diet and nutrition that helped support his vegetarian diet and ideal. There are some 400 books on the church, mainly focused on the catholic church. His library also included 800 to a 1,000 titles of popular fiction which included a large number of detective stories, adventure stories, and love romances. Sociological works are strongly represented in Hitler's library. It is not unusual for them to reflect anti-Semitic views.
"Among the books in Hitler's library is one volume covering a field which he has always shown particular interest: namely the study of hands, including those of many famous people throughout the ages as they could be procured. Hitler, in fact, bases a good deal of judgement of people on their hands. In his first conversation with some personality, whether political or military, German or foreign, he usually most carefully observes the hands - their form, whether they are well cared for, whether they are long and narrow or stumpy and broad, the shape of the nails, the knuckle and the joint formation and so on. Various generals and diplomats have wondered why Hitler sometimes after starting a conversation in a cordial and friendly way, became cool as he went along, and then often closed the discourse curtly or abruptly without much progress being made. They learned only later that Hitler had not been pleased by the shape of their hands."
One way to tell who someone really is, is by looking at the people they chose to have around them, another is by looking at the books they chose to have around them. This book focuses on what we can know was in Hitler's library and what part of that we can know he read. Hitler was a reader. His usual evening reportedly included reading as he went to bed. Like many serious readers he left notes in his books, underlining, and sometimes question marks or exclamation marks. And, some of the books in his library appear to not have been read. Interestingly, we even have some records of the books he checked out from the library as a poorer young man.
In his library he had some 7,000 books on military matters or people. He had about 1,500 on artistic subjects like architecture, theater, painting, and sculpture. Another section contained books on astrology and spiritualism from all over the world. His library also included about 200 photographs of the constellations on important days in Hitler's life with personal notations from Hitler, each preserved in it's own envelope. He had another 1,000 books on diet and nutrition that helped support his vegetarian diet and ideal. There are some 400 books on the church, mainly focused on the catholic church. His library also included 800 to a 1,000 titles of popular fiction which included a large number of detective stories, adventure stories, and love romances. Sociological works are strongly represented in Hitler's library. It is not unusual for them to reflect anti-Semitic views.
"Among the books in Hitler's library is one volume covering a field which he has always shown particular interest: namely the study of hands, including those of many famous people throughout the ages as they could be procured. Hitler, in fact, bases a good deal of judgement of people on their hands. In his first conversation with some personality, whether political or military, German or foreign, he usually most carefully observes the hands - their form, whether they are well cared for, whether they are long and narrow or stumpy and broad, the shape of the nails, the knuckle and the joint formation and so on. Various generals and diplomats have wondered why Hitler sometimes after starting a conversation in a cordial and friendly way, became cool as he went along, and then often closed the discourse curtly or abruptly without much progress being made. They learned only later that Hitler had not been pleased by the shape of their hands."
June 7, 2009
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in WWII or bibliophilia. It is a very interesting look at some of the books Hitler read and how he selectively used the information therein to bolster his preexisting world view.
July 22, 2012
Nothing new about his history, however you'll discover more about his tastes and this make you sure that he was intelligent, but not that smart.
He was so passion about books, although learnt so few with them, prefering memorize dates and numbers of wars. Very interesting point of view about him.
He was so passion about books, although learnt so few with them, prefering memorize dates and numbers of wars. Very interesting point of view about him.
July 12, 2009
It was slow to start, but a fascinating and unique perspective of Hitler. Ryback's analysis actually stems from the exact pages Hitler underlines!
Want to read
May 1, 2009This book looks really scary!
February 5, 2018
Tener acceso, por m谩s limitado que sea, a la vida interior de alguien (sobre todo un personaje hist贸rico) es invaluable. La biblioteca de Hitler nos dice mucho de 茅l, creo que nada sorprendente, pero no por eso menos interesante o importante.
Lo que m谩s me llama la atenci贸n es la diferencia entre lo que aparentaba leer y lo que realmente le铆a. Si uno se basa en los c谩lculos de algunos investigadores, que dicen que Hitler pose铆a unos 16,000 libros, es obvio que nunca pudo leerlos todos, no s贸lo porque muri贸 a los 56 a帽os de edad, sino porque estaba bastante ocupado en otras cosas. Aun as铆, hay muchos testimonios de sus lecturas a altas horas de la noche y siempre estuvo rodeado de libros. Trat谩ndose de un monoman铆aco de la talla de Hitler, no es sorprendente aprender que buscaba primero en el 铆ndice lo que le interesaba leer en un vol煤men, lo hallaba, lo le铆a de manera inconsistente, y se saltaba el resto. Resulta obvio que alimentaba sus ideas preconcebidas de estas lecturas parciales.
Si Hitler mandaba quemar libros y humanos por igual teniendo a los primeros como uno de sus tesoros, no sorprendre que haya hecho lo que hizo de la manera en que lo hizo.
Lo que m谩s me llama la atenci贸n es la diferencia entre lo que aparentaba leer y lo que realmente le铆a. Si uno se basa en los c谩lculos de algunos investigadores, que dicen que Hitler pose铆a unos 16,000 libros, es obvio que nunca pudo leerlos todos, no s贸lo porque muri贸 a los 56 a帽os de edad, sino porque estaba bastante ocupado en otras cosas. Aun as铆, hay muchos testimonios de sus lecturas a altas horas de la noche y siempre estuvo rodeado de libros. Trat谩ndose de un monoman铆aco de la talla de Hitler, no es sorprendente aprender que buscaba primero en el 铆ndice lo que le interesaba leer en un vol煤men, lo hallaba, lo le铆a de manera inconsistente, y se saltaba el resto. Resulta obvio que alimentaba sus ideas preconcebidas de estas lecturas parciales.
Si Hitler mandaba quemar libros y humanos por igual teniendo a los primeros como uno de sus tesoros, no sorprendre que haya hecho lo que hizo de la manera en que lo hizo.
June 20, 2024
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3-賰丕賳 賲乇賷囟丕 賳賮爻賷丕 亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭 丕孬乇鬲 毓賱賷賴 丕丨賱丕賲賴 丕賱鬲賷 賮卮賱 賮賷賴丕 賲孬賱 丨賱賲賴 丕賳 賷賰賵賳 賮賳丕賳丕 鬲卮賰賷賱賷丕 賵丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷毓賵丿 賱賱賮賳 賵鬲賱丕毓亘 亘賱賵丨丕鬲 .賰丕賳 毓亘賯乇賷 賮賷 鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 爻賷丕爻丞 乇噩丕賱 丨夭亘賴 賲毓 乇噩丕賱 丕賱丕毓賲丕賱 丕賱賷賴賵丿 賵丕賳 賳噩丕丨 賮賰乇鬲賴 丕毓賱丕亍 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賯賵賲賷丞 丕賱丕賱賲丕賳賷丞 賵賵噩賵丿 噩賳爻 賵丨賷丿 賲賲賷夭 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賷 睾夭賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
4-賱賲 賷賰賳 賯丕丿乇丕 毓賱賷 鬲毓丕胤賮 丕賵 丕亘丿丕亍 丕賷 卮毓賵乇 鬲噩丕賴 賳爻丕亍 丕賱毓噩丕卅夭 賵賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賲丨乇賯丞 賲賴賲丕 丨丕賵賱 丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賲賳 賳爻丕亍 賲卮丕賴賷乇 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 丕賳 賷亘毓孬賳 賮賷賴 丕賳 賷卮毓乇 亘賳爻丕亍 賵丕賱毓噩丕卅夭 賵丕賱丕胤賮丕賱 賮賷 爻噩賵賳 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕
5-毓乇賮 毓賳 賴鬲賱乇 丨亘賴 丕賱賵孬賷賯 賱賮賱爻賮丞 賳賷鬲卮賷丞 賵卮亘賳賴丕賵乇 賮賷賱爻賵賮 鬲卮丕賵賲 賱賰賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 丕賱丨丕丿 賰賷賮 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱賲 鬲賵孬乇 賮賷 丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 賯丕鬲賱
6- 賰丕賳 賷睾匕賷 丕賵賴丕賲 賴鬲賱乇 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賮賷賱爻賵賮 賮禺鬲賴 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賲毓丕丿賷 賱爻丕賲賷丞 丕賱賷賴賵丿賷丞 丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴賲 賷賯賵賲賵賳 亘亘賳丕亍 丿賵賱丞 丿丕禺賱 丿賵賱丞 丕賱丕賱賲丕賳賷丞 賵丕賯鬲乇丨 鬲禺賱賷氐 丕賵乇亘丕 賲賳賴賲 亘丕賯丕賲丞 丿賵賱丞 賷賴賵丿賷丞 賮賷 賮賱爻胤賷賳
1- 賱賰賳 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷賰賳 賲毓乇賵賮丕 丕賳 賴鬲賱乇 賰丕賳 賯丕乇賷 賳賴賲 賱賱賰鬲亘 賱賰賳賴 賰丕賳 賷賯乇丕 丕賰孬乇 賮賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾匕賷 丕鬲噩丕賴丞 丕賱賲鬲毓氐亘
2-賵禺胤賷亘 賲賮賴賵丞 丕爻鬲胤丕毓 鬲丕孬賷乇 毓賱賷 賲賱丕賷賷賳 賲賳 丕賱丕賱賲丕賳 賱鬲卮噩賷毓 賮賰乇鬲賴 亘丕賱毓丿丕亍 賱賷賴賵丿 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 .賵鬲賲 丕禺鬲賷丕乇丞 亘爻亘亘 賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賷 鬲丕孬賷乇 毓賱賷 噩賲丕賴賷乇 亘賰賱賲賴 賵丕丨丿賴 賲賳賴 丕賲丕賲 丕賱賲賷賰乇賮賵賳
3-賰丕賳 賲乇賷囟丕 賳賮爻賷丕 亘丕賲鬲賷丕夭 丕孬乇鬲 毓賱賷賴 丕丨賱丕賲賴 丕賱鬲賷 賮卮賱 賮賷賴丕 賲孬賱 丨賱賲賴 丕賳 賷賰賵賳 賮賳丕賳丕 鬲卮賰賷賱賷丕 賵丨丕賵賱 丕賳 賷毓賵丿 賱賱賮賳 賵鬲賱丕毓亘 亘賱賵丨丕鬲 .賰丕賳 毓亘賯乇賷 賮賷 鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 爻賷丕爻丞 乇噩丕賱 丨夭亘賴 賲毓 乇噩丕賱 丕賱丕毓賲丕賱 丕賱賷賴賵丿 賵丕賳 賳噩丕丨 賮賰乇鬲賴 丕毓賱丕亍 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賯賵賲賷丞 丕賱丕賱賲丕賳賷丞 賵賵噩賵丿 噩賳爻 賵丨賷丿 賲賲賷夭 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賷 睾夭賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
4-賱賲 賷賰賳 賯丕丿乇丕 毓賱賷 鬲毓丕胤賮 丕賵 丕亘丿丕亍 丕賷 卮毓賵乇 鬲噩丕賴 賳爻丕亍 丕賱毓噩丕卅夭 賵賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賲丨乇賯丞 賲賴賲丕 丨丕賵賱 丕氐丿賯丕卅賴 賲賳 賳爻丕亍 賲卮丕賴賷乇 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 丕賳 賷亘毓孬賳 賮賷賴 丕賳 賷卮毓乇 亘賳爻丕亍 賵丕賱毓噩丕卅夭 賵丕賱丕胤賮丕賱 賮賷 爻噩賵賳 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕
5-毓乇賮 毓賳 賴鬲賱乇 丨亘賴 丕賱賵孬賷賯 賱賮賱爻賮丞 賳賷鬲卮賷丞 賵卮亘賳賴丕賵乇 賮賷賱爻賵賮 鬲卮丕賵賲 賱賰賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟 丕賱丨丕丿 賰賷賮 丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賱賲 鬲賵孬乇 賮賷 丿賷賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 賯丕鬲賱
6- 賰丕賳 賷睾匕賷 丕賵賴丕賲 賴鬲賱乇 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 毓賳 丕賱賮賷賱爻賵賮 賮禺鬲賴 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賲毓丕丿賷 賱爻丕賲賷丞 丕賱賷賴賵丿賷丞 丕賱匕賷 賷毓鬲賯丿 丕賳賴賲 賷賯賵賲賵賳 亘亘賳丕亍 丿賵賱丞 丿丕禺賱 丿賵賱丞 丕賱丕賱賲丕賳賷丞 賵丕賯鬲乇丨 鬲禺賱賷氐 丕賵乇亘丕 賲賳賴賲 亘丕賯丕賲丞 丿賵賱丞 賷賴賵丿賷丞 賮賷 賮賱爻胤賷賳
February 24, 2013
1. one reads on goodreads because one is a voracious reader
2. one then reads book reviews because one is a voracious reader
3. books reviews get written for voracious readers.
I think that's the cycle, the heart of this website. and that is totally unrelated, a digression, to this work. and here's another digression:
I was along Bubbling Well road in the French Concession of Shanghai when I came across a Chinese bookstore of English-language books. many are encased in plastic wrap. I bought this book for 20 RMB (renminbi = people's currency, or about 3 US). unwrapping the plastic, I then discovered the pages inside were slightly out of focus and the paper a little thinner than western normal, almost sure tipoffs that is a copyvio.
what is morally obligatory?
well... issues involved: the author/publisher almost certainly get no royalties. however, Chinese copyright law is pretty strange; it's more about suppressing undesirable books than protecting authors. actually technically the bookstore/vio aren't necessarily illegal under communist chinese law, only perhaps immoral under widely recognized moral principles.... and it's 2013, decades now when most music is downloaded (again without royalty), off the internet.
hmm, tough questions. but if I destroy this book after reading it, I haven't necessarily damaged the author/publisher vis-a-vis borrowing a western copy from a western library?
or if I give a review here on goodreads, i'm at least promoting the book to some small degree, and arguably the author is better off with one chinese pirate edition read and reviewed than one western edition and never reviewed?
or, these are all paper-thin justifications?
Ryback, I suppose, has a write to be ticked off, as GR.com is showing only a 150+ ratings. in other words, his academic work has not brought in heaps of cash, but already some clever Wuzhou pirates have ripped his work. possibly it's bringing them more profit than his work. well, the argument might be made that I should immediately destroy the book, but how about my $3? and since I speak no chinese, there's no recourse from the bookstore or the city government. it's a complete conundrum.
and so , also, is this book.
the work is about Hitler's fascination with reading, his library tinged with mystical volumes (although in one section, he doesn't read the section that apparently predicts him), anecdotes about the Fuehrer. the skies turned blood red right before the invasion of poland-- and this is confirmed here in writing as well as in video documentaries.
hitler's thinking derived from racialist thinkers. he had certain artistic pretensions.
2. one then reads book reviews because one is a voracious reader
3. books reviews get written for voracious readers.
I think that's the cycle, the heart of this website. and that is totally unrelated, a digression, to this work. and here's another digression:
I was along Bubbling Well road in the French Concession of Shanghai when I came across a Chinese bookstore of English-language books. many are encased in plastic wrap. I bought this book for 20 RMB (renminbi = people's currency, or about 3 US). unwrapping the plastic, I then discovered the pages inside were slightly out of focus and the paper a little thinner than western normal, almost sure tipoffs that is a copyvio.
what is morally obligatory?
well... issues involved: the author/publisher almost certainly get no royalties. however, Chinese copyright law is pretty strange; it's more about suppressing undesirable books than protecting authors. actually technically the bookstore/vio aren't necessarily illegal under communist chinese law, only perhaps immoral under widely recognized moral principles.... and it's 2013, decades now when most music is downloaded (again without royalty), off the internet.
hmm, tough questions. but if I destroy this book after reading it, I haven't necessarily damaged the author/publisher vis-a-vis borrowing a western copy from a western library?
or if I give a review here on goodreads, i'm at least promoting the book to some small degree, and arguably the author is better off with one chinese pirate edition read and reviewed than one western edition and never reviewed?
or, these are all paper-thin justifications?
Ryback, I suppose, has a write to be ticked off, as GR.com is showing only a 150+ ratings. in other words, his academic work has not brought in heaps of cash, but already some clever Wuzhou pirates have ripped his work. possibly it's bringing them more profit than his work. well, the argument might be made that I should immediately destroy the book, but how about my $3? and since I speak no chinese, there's no recourse from the bookstore or the city government. it's a complete conundrum.
and so , also, is this book.
the work is about Hitler's fascination with reading, his library tinged with mystical volumes (although in one section, he doesn't read the section that apparently predicts him), anecdotes about the Fuehrer. the skies turned blood red right before the invasion of poland-- and this is confirmed here in writing as well as in video documentaries.
hitler's thinking derived from racialist thinkers. he had certain artistic pretensions.
December 24, 2023
丿乇丕爻丞 亘丨孬賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 卮賰賱鬲 卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱賯丕卅丿 丕賱賳丕夭賷 賵兀氐賾賱鬲 乇賵丨 丕賱鬲毓氐亘 丕賱賯賵賲賷 丕賱毓乇賯賷 賮賷賴貙 賵毓夭夭鬲 賰乇丕賴賷鬲賴 賱賱賷賴賵丿貙 賵氐賯賱鬲 賱睾丞 丕賱禺胤丕亘丞 丕賱賲丐孬乇丞 丕賱匕賷 丕卮鬲賴乇 亘賴.
賯丕乇卅 賳賴賲 賵卮睾賵賮 亘丕賱賲胤丕賱毓丞 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 賲丿亘乇丞 賲賳夭賱賴 賷賯乇兀 賮賷 賰賱 賱賷賱丞 賰鬲丕亘 兀賵 丕孬賳賷賳 賱丨賷賳 丕賱賮噩乇. 丕賲鬲賱賰 賲賰鬲亘丞 賰亘賷乇丞 丕丨鬲賵鬲 賯乇丕亘丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞 毓卮乇 兀賱賮 賰鬲丕亘 賳氐賮賴丕 賮賷 賲賵丕囟賷毓 丕賱丨乇賵亘 賵丕賱鬲賰鬲賷賰丕鬲 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷丞 賵爻賷乇丞 丕賱丨賰丕賲 丕賱亘乇賵爻賷賷賳 賵丕賱兀賱賲丕賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賱毓亘賵丕 丿賵乇 毓爻賰乇賷丕賸貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 賲氐丿乇 賮禺乇 賵廿賱賴丕賲 賵氐賵乇丞 賱乇丐賷丞 賳賴囟丞 賵鬲賵爻毓 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 亘毓丿 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘毓丿 賯賷賵丿 匕賱 丕賱丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲.
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 賲賵丕囟賷毓 賮賷 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賵丕賱丿賷賳 賵丕賱賷賴賵丿 賵賮賳賵賳 丕賱毓賲丕乇丞貙 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 噩丿丕 睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 丕賱卮毓乇 賵丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞貙賱賰賳 兀賴賲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞 賱卮賰爻亘賷乇 丕賱鬲賷 睾匕鬲 鬲禺賷賱丕鬲賴 亘卮兀賳 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丞 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞貙 賵賲亘賰乇丕賸 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰丕乇賱 賲丕賷 丕賱匕賷 卮丨匕鬲 賲禺賷賱鬲賴 賲賳 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 賮賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵丕賱鬲丨丿賷 賮賷 丕賱賲毓丕乇賰.
鬲鬲亘毓 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱亘丕丨孬 毓亘乇 鬲爻毓 賰鬲亘 賲賲賱賵賰丞 賲賵孬賯丞 賱賴鬲賱乇貙 馗乇賵賮賴丕 賵卮禺賵氐 賲賳 兀賴丿丕賴丕 賱賴貙 賲丐乇禺丞 兀賵賱賴丕 賰賲賳氐亘 毓乇賷賮 賮賷 丕賱噩賷卮 賲賳 毓丕賲 佟侃佟佶 (丕賱賰賳賵夭 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞 賮賷 亘乇賱賷賳 ) 賵丌禺乇賴丕 兀毓丕丿 賰鬲丕亘 賯丿賷賲 賯乇兀賴 賵孬賯丕 賱卮賴丕丿丞 賲毓丕賵賳賴 賵賴賵 爻賷乇丞 匕丕鬲賷丞 毓賳 亘胤賱賴 丕賱賳亘賷賱 (賮乇賷丿乇賷賰 丕賱毓馗賷賲) 毓丕賲 佟侃伽佶 賮賷 丕賱兀爻丕亘賷毓 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲賳 睾夭賵 丕賱丨賱賮丕亍 亘乇賱賷賳 . . 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱丕匕賴 賵爻賱賵丕賴 賵乇賮賷賯鬲賴 賵氐賵賱丕 賱賲禺亘卅賴 賮賷 丕賱賯亘賵 丕賱卮賴賷乇 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴 亘丕賱乇氐丕氐
丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 : 賲氐丕卅乇 賰鬲亘 賲賰鬲亘鬲賴.
#丕賯鬲亘丕爻
"賷賲賰賳賰 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 卮禺氐 賲丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨鬲賮馗 亘賴 -兀匕賵丕賯賴 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲賴 毓丕丿丕鬲賴- 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賳丨鬲賮馗 亘賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賷 賳鬲噩丕賴賱賴丕 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯乇丐賴丕 賵丨鬲賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯乇乇 毓丿賲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕" 氐 佟佟
"賳丨賳 賳噩賲毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 亘兀賳賳丕 賳丨丕賮馗 毓賱賷賴丕 亘賷賳賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 噩丕賲毓賷賴丕. 賱賷爻 丕賱賰鬲亘 賲賳 鬲丨賷丕 賮賷 氐丕丨亘賴丕 亘賱 賴賵 賲賳 賷毓賷卮 賮賷賴丕" 氐 佟佗
"賲毓馗賲 丕賱賲丐賱賮賷賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賷賳 賷卮毓乇賵賳 兀賳賴賲 賲噩亘乇賵賳 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 亘爻亘亘 丕賱賮賯乇 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷 賱丕 丕賱賲丕丿賷貙 賱兀賳賴賲 睾賷乇 乇丕囟賷賳 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賰賳賴賲 卮乇丕丐賴丕 賱賰賳 賱丕 賷丨亘賵賳賴丕.. 賷卮毓乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賳賴賲 賲囟胤乇賵賳 賱賵囟毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱賱鬲毓亘賷乇 毓賳 丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賰鬲亘 亘毓丿" 氐 侑侑
"賰鬲亘 賮賵乇丿 毓賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿: 賷馗賱賵賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿 噩夭亍 賱丕 賷鬲噩夭兀 賲賳 丕賱噩賵丕賳亘 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱丕賯鬲氐丕丿 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賱兀賳 鬲乇爻賷禺賴賲 兀毓賲賯 賲賳 賲噩乇丿 廿馗賴丕乇 賱賱賯賵丞 丕賱乇爻賲賷丞貙 爻賷胤乇鬲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賳丕毓丕鬲 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賲賵賷賱" 氐 侉侑
丿乇丕爻丞 亘丨孬賷丞 丕爻鬲乇噩毓鬲 禺賱丕賱賴丕 匕丕賰乇鬲賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 睾賷乇 毓丕丿賷丞 (丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞) 丨賵賱賳丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲 亘賴丕貙 賵賰賲 賴賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱卮賷亍 賵丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱毓馗賷賲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賴丕听丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賮毓賱 丕賱囟丿賷賳 丕賱禺賷乇 賵丕賱卮乇 兀賷 爻賱丕丨 匕賵 丨丿賷賳 賲毓 賯丕乇卅賴丕 賵賲賯鬲賳賷賴丕.
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賯丕乇卅 賳賴賲 賵卮睾賵賮 亘丕賱賲胤丕賱毓丞 賰賲丕 鬲賯賵賱 賲丿亘乇丞 賲賳夭賱賴 賷賯乇兀 賮賷 賰賱 賱賷賱丞 賰鬲丕亘 兀賵 丕孬賳賷賳 賱丨賷賳 丕賱賮噩乇. 丕賲鬲賱賰 賲賰鬲亘丞 賰亘賷乇丞 丕丨鬲賵鬲 賯乇丕亘丞 丕賱兀乇亘毓丞 毓卮乇 兀賱賮 賰鬲丕亘 賳氐賮賴丕 賮賷 賲賵丕囟賷毓 丕賱丨乇賵亘 賵丕賱鬲賰鬲賷賰丕鬲 丕賱毓爻賰乇賷丞 賵爻賷乇丞 丕賱丨賰丕賲 丕賱亘乇賵爻賷賷賳 賵丕賱兀賱賲丕賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賱毓亘賵丕 丿賵乇 毓爻賰乇賷丕賸貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 賲氐丿乇 賮禺乇 賵廿賱賴丕賲 賵氐賵乇丞 賱乇丐賷丞 賳賴囟丞 賵鬲賵爻毓 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 亘毓丿 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘毓丿 賯賷賵丿 匕賱 丕賱丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲.
亘丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 賲賵丕囟賷毓 賮賷 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 賵丕賱丿賷賳 賵丕賱賷賴賵丿 賵賮賳賵賳 丕賱毓賲丕乇丞貙 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 噩丿丕 睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 丕賱卮毓乇 賵丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞貙賱賰賳 兀賴賲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱賰丕賲賱丞 賱卮賰爻亘賷乇 丕賱鬲賷 睾匕鬲 鬲禺賷賱丕鬲賴 亘卮兀賳 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱廿賲亘乇丕胤賵乇賷丞 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞貙 賵賲亘賰乇丕賸 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰丕乇賱 賲丕賷 丕賱匕賷 卮丨匕鬲 賲禺賷賱鬲賴 賲賳 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 賮賷 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 賵丕賱鬲丨丿賷 賮賷 丕賱賲毓丕乇賰.
鬲鬲亘毓 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丕賱亘丕丨孬 毓亘乇 鬲爻毓 賰鬲亘 賲賲賱賵賰丞 賲賵孬賯丞 賱賴鬲賱乇貙 馗乇賵賮賴丕 賵卮禺賵氐 賲賳 兀賴丿丕賴丕 賱賴貙 賲丐乇禺丞 兀賵賱賴丕 賰賲賳氐亘 毓乇賷賮 賮賷 丕賱噩賷卮 賲賳 毓丕賲 佟侃佟佶 (丕賱賰賳賵夭 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞 賮賷 亘乇賱賷賳 ) 賵丌禺乇賴丕 兀毓丕丿 賰鬲丕亘 賯丿賷賲 賯乇兀賴 賵孬賯丕 賱卮賴丕丿丞 賲毓丕賵賳賴 賵賴賵 爻賷乇丞 匕丕鬲賷丞 毓賳 亘胤賱賴 丕賱賳亘賷賱 (賮乇賷丿乇賷賰 丕賱毓馗賷賲) 毓丕賲 佟侃伽佶 賮賷 丕賱兀爻丕亘賷毓 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲賳 睾夭賵 丕賱丨賱賮丕亍 亘乇賱賷賳 . . 賰丕賳鬲 賲賱丕匕賴 賵爻賱賵丕賴 賵乇賮賷賯鬲賴 賵氐賵賱丕 賱賲禺亘卅賴 賮賷 丕賱賯亘賵 丕賱卮賴賷乇 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲丨丕乇賴 亘丕賱乇氐丕氐
丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 : 賲氐丕卅乇 賰鬲亘 賲賰鬲亘鬲賴.
#丕賯鬲亘丕爻
"賷賲賰賳賰 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 毓賳 卮禺氐 賲丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨鬲賮馗 亘賴 -兀匕賵丕賯賴 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲賴 毓丕丿丕鬲賴- 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賳丨鬲賮馗 亘賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賷 賳鬲噩丕賴賱賴丕 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯乇丐賴丕 賵丨鬲賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賷 賳賯乇乇 毓丿賲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕" 氐 佟佟
"賳丨賳 賳噩賲毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 亘兀賳賳丕 賳丨丕賮馗 毓賱賷賴丕 亘賷賳賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨丕賮馗 毓賱賶 噩丕賲毓賷賴丕. 賱賷爻 丕賱賰鬲亘 賲賳 鬲丨賷丕 賮賷 氐丕丨亘賴丕 亘賱 賴賵 賲賳 賷毓賷卮 賮賷賴丕" 氐 佟佗
"賲毓馗賲 丕賱賲丐賱賮賷賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賷賳 賷卮毓乇賵賳 兀賳賴賲 賲噩亘乇賵賳 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 亘爻亘亘 丕賱賮賯乇 丕賱賵噩賵丿賷 賱丕 丕賱賲丕丿賷貙 賱兀賳賴賲 睾賷乇 乇丕囟賷賳 毓賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賰賳賴賲 卮乇丕丐賴丕 賱賰賳 賱丕 賷丨亘賵賳賴丕.. 賷卮毓乇 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賳賴賲 賲囟胤乇賵賳 賱賵囟毓 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賱賱鬲毓亘賷乇 毓賳 丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賰鬲亘 亘毓丿" 氐 侑侑
"賰鬲亘 賮賵乇丿 毓賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿: 賷馗賱賵賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿 噩夭亍 賱丕 賷鬲噩夭兀 賲賳 丕賱噩賵丕賳亘 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱丕賯鬲氐丕丿 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賱兀賳 鬲乇爻賷禺賴賲 兀毓賲賯 賲賳 賲噩乇丿 廿馗賴丕乇 賱賱賯賵丞 丕賱乇爻賲賷丞貙 爻賷胤乇鬲賴賲 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賳丕毓丕鬲 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賲賵賷賱" 氐 侉侑
丿乇丕爻丞 亘丨孬賷丞 丕爻鬲乇噩毓鬲 禺賱丕賱賴丕 匕丕賰乇鬲賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 睾賷乇 毓丕丿賷丞 (丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞) 丨賵賱賳丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲 亘賴丕貙 賵賰賲 賴賷 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱卮賷亍 賵丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱毓馗賷賲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賴丕听丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賮毓賱 丕賱囟丿賷賳 丕賱禺賷乇 賵丕賱卮乇 兀賷 爻賱丕丨 匕賵 丨丿賷賳 賲毓 賯丕乇卅賴丕 賵賲賯鬲賳賷賴丕.
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June 11, 2015
"Conozco a personas que 鈥渓een鈥� much铆simo, libro tras libro y l铆nea a l铆nea, y a las que, sin embargo, no calificar铆a de 鈥渂uenos lectores鈥�. Es cierto que estas personas poseen una gran cantidad de 鈥渃onocimientos鈥�, pero su cerebro no sabe organizar y registrar el material adquirido. Les falta el arte de separar, en un libro, lo que es de valor para ellos y lo que es in煤til, de conservar para siempre en la memoria lo que interesa de verdad y desechar lo que no les reporta ventaja alguna".
Esta frase de Hitler, que est谩 en el comienzo del libro y cuyo razonamiento sobre los lectores no se la he le铆do ni a muchos pensadores ni a cr铆ticos literarios, creo que en cierto modo define, sin entrar en pol茅micas, a muchos de los voraces lectores actuales...
Esta frase de Hitler, que est谩 en el comienzo del libro y cuyo razonamiento sobre los lectores no se la he le铆do ni a muchos pensadores ni a cr铆ticos literarios, creo que en cierto modo define, sin entrar en pol茅micas, a muchos de los voraces lectores actuales...
June 4, 2009
very intriguing analysis of HItler from another view. Really found Hitler's suicide and mental process connection to Peer Gynt very interesting. It really helps explain how Hitler thought about death and why he felt no remorse. Very scary, also.
November 10, 2016
Some parts were surprising, others not so much, very few stuff we already didn't know even without reading anything about Hitler.
I was expecting more polemic books and quotes, or more important, considering the title, Hitler's annotations and opinions on some of those books.
I was expecting more polemic books and quotes, or more important, considering the title, Hitler's annotations and opinions on some of those books.
October 7, 2016
I think that it was interesting to learn that hitler actually was interested in books and owned them, compared to when I read the booktheif when the nazi's burnt books, overall just an interesting book to read.
December 15, 2024
An interesting book but it suffers from the problem that though he 'collected' or was presented with many books there is little evidence that Hitler, even in his youth, was a reader of books or that his thinking was formed by them. If you read biographies, for example, 'Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris' by Ian Kershaw you will find the reading that formed his thinking, pre WWI, was the polemical antisemitic, volkish, pamphlet literature that flourished in Vienna. If you pour through the 1,100+ pages of the second Kershaw volume 'Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis' you will find mention of Hitler's love cakes but not a mention of books read.
It is always fascinating to see what books people own but it is not always a guide to what has formed them. By the time Hitler encountered 'The International Jew' by Henry Ford, which he highly praised, his antisemitism was fully formed. Ford's 'International Jew' is unlikely to have influenced him, though he may have read some of it because 'The International Jew' is not a sustained work but a collection of newspaper articles and pamphlets. It is very unlikely Hitler ever read philosophers like Nietzsche or Johann Gottlieb Fichte,a copy of whose work was presented to Hitler by Leni Riefenstahl.
Hitler was presented with a large number of books, van Meegern, the notorious Dutch forger/fraudster who sold one of his execrable fake Vemeer's to Goering, presented a copy of his elaborately produced book to Hitler and it was found in his library. Owning books doesn't mean they have been read or even looked at. Being seen to own a great library was something that was expected of Hitler.
The evidence for the shallowness of Hitler's reading is there in Mein Kampf. Hitler is not Karl Marx, Lenin or Stalin whose lifetime of reading, and belief in the printed word, is there in everything they wrote.
If you want to read about nasty who really read books you need to read 'Stalin's Library' by Geoffrey Roberts or 'Molotov's Magic Lantern' by Rachel Polonsky. Mr. Ryback is a good historian but he oversells what the remains of Hitler's library can tell us about the books, if any, that formed what must always, and jokingly, be referred to as Hitler's 'thinking' or even more ridiculously his 'philosophy'.
It is always fascinating to see what books people own but it is not always a guide to what has formed them. By the time Hitler encountered 'The International Jew' by Henry Ford, which he highly praised, his antisemitism was fully formed. Ford's 'International Jew' is unlikely to have influenced him, though he may have read some of it because 'The International Jew' is not a sustained work but a collection of newspaper articles and pamphlets. It is very unlikely Hitler ever read philosophers like Nietzsche or Johann Gottlieb Fichte,a copy of whose work was presented to Hitler by Leni Riefenstahl.
Hitler was presented with a large number of books, van Meegern, the notorious Dutch forger/fraudster who sold one of his execrable fake Vemeer's to Goering, presented a copy of his elaborately produced book to Hitler and it was found in his library. Owning books doesn't mean they have been read or even looked at. Being seen to own a great library was something that was expected of Hitler.
The evidence for the shallowness of Hitler's reading is there in Mein Kampf. Hitler is not Karl Marx, Lenin or Stalin whose lifetime of reading, and belief in the printed word, is there in everything they wrote.
If you want to read about nasty who really read books you need to read 'Stalin's Library' by Geoffrey Roberts or 'Molotov's Magic Lantern' by Rachel Polonsky. Mr. Ryback is a good historian but he oversells what the remains of Hitler's library can tell us about the books, if any, that formed what must always, and jokingly, be referred to as Hitler's 'thinking' or even more ridiculously his 'philosophy'.
April 11, 2025
Hitler wasn't always evil. Under circumstances that were sociopolitical, thirst of knowledge and the saying "you're the average of your friend group", paved the way to one of the most infamous dictators. He was extremely influenced by his antisemitic friend Dietrich Eckar.
Maybe a little autistic, narcissistic and grandiose, Hitler read Kant to Schopenhauer. Believe it or not, the book claimed Nietzsche wasn't the source of the Ubermensch that Hitler supposedly frothed over, in which my left leaning friends claim Nietzsche must be as evil as Hitler. An author ERNST SHERTEL wrote about the "ekropic" man , which was actually the inspiration of Hitlers thoughts of the supreme race. "individual possessing an extraordinary, almost supernatural, ability or power" as AI states.
Something to learn from this book was that Hitler found solace in supernatural thinking. Hitler was the biggest cope lord I've ever seen. The story goes that Hitler read the Frederick the Great abridged autobiography in the final months of his... demise. Frederick was about to be MW2 trickshotted by Elizabeth of Russia. Frederick who was contemplating suicide wrote a letter to his friend about the struggle of depression. The next day, the Gods smited Elizabeth of Russia and she was no more. Peter III took her place in which he was a great admirer of Frederick. The war ended with her death.
Hitler coped so hard, he believed he was a second coming of Frederick the Great and the Gods would do the same thing. Some form of Dragonborn or something. Especially when Franklin D Roosevelt died. He actually thought a prophecy occured. Maybe he should have gone to Argentina instead.. roughly a month later, Hitler shot himself.
Nonetheless, I loved this book in a history context because I think it's the only book that goes indepth of the understanding of Hitler and the why's. Everything else about Hitler overshadows that conversation
Maybe a little autistic, narcissistic and grandiose, Hitler read Kant to Schopenhauer. Believe it or not, the book claimed Nietzsche wasn't the source of the Ubermensch that Hitler supposedly frothed over, in which my left leaning friends claim Nietzsche must be as evil as Hitler. An author ERNST SHERTEL wrote about the "ekropic" man , which was actually the inspiration of Hitlers thoughts of the supreme race. "individual possessing an extraordinary, almost supernatural, ability or power" as AI states.
Something to learn from this book was that Hitler found solace in supernatural thinking. Hitler was the biggest cope lord I've ever seen. The story goes that Hitler read the Frederick the Great abridged autobiography in the final months of his... demise. Frederick was about to be MW2 trickshotted by Elizabeth of Russia. Frederick who was contemplating suicide wrote a letter to his friend about the struggle of depression. The next day, the Gods smited Elizabeth of Russia and she was no more. Peter III took her place in which he was a great admirer of Frederick. The war ended with her death.
Hitler coped so hard, he believed he was a second coming of Frederick the Great and the Gods would do the same thing. Some form of Dragonborn or something. Especially when Franklin D Roosevelt died. He actually thought a prophecy occured. Maybe he should have gone to Argentina instead.. roughly a month later, Hitler shot himself.
Nonetheless, I loved this book in a history context because I think it's the only book that goes indepth of the understanding of Hitler and the why's. Everything else about Hitler overshadows that conversation
December 7, 2019
This book was not what I thought and I think the title is a little deceptive. The author writes more about the history of Nazi Socialism (fascism), and includes a few of Hitler's books that were given to him as gifts. Hitler seemed to have studied and memorized some of his books. However, in the appendices, the author writes the locations of Hitler's private libraries, but that no surviving catalogue of said books exists. On page 258 the author claims Hitler never uses a fountain pen but an old-fashioned pen or an indelible pencil. (What's an old-fashioned pen if not a fountain pen? Ballpoint pens didn't hit the market until 1946, though technically invented before that. Was it a dip pen? A quill? Man, (author) don't leave out the details!
Based on the information in the book, Hitler was easily, or could have been, swayed.
My biggest complaint about this book is the author claiming Nazi Socialism (fascism) is right wing.
Hitler supposedly was interested in a eugenics program(s), but there might be some confusion in eugenics vs. genocide. If Hitler truly wanted to improve eugenics, he should have asked the help of the Jewish people, instead he had them murdered.
The author also seems to use Christian and Catholicism interchangeably, which is also an issue.
Quotes are used from other books, but a footnote by one book quoted multiple times said, "Leni Riefenstahl was a norotously unreliable narrator." Why include quotes, from someone else's book, from an unreliable source? How can I trust anything the author wrote if he can't get the little/big details accurate?
Two quotes are at the beginning of the book, in between the copyright page and the table of contents, one is Hitler's -
I know people who "read" enormously, book for book, letter for letter, yet whom I would not describe as "well-read." True, they possess a mass of "knowledge," but their brain is unable to organize and register the material they have taken in. They lack the art of sifting what is valuable for them in a book from that which is without value, of retaining the one forever, and, if possible, not even seeing the rest. - Mein Kampf
Sift through this book if it interests you. Take the information with a grain, (or a silo), of salt and research the details. I wouldn't recommend this book though.
Based on the information in the book, Hitler was easily, or could have been, swayed.
My biggest complaint about this book is the author claiming Nazi Socialism (fascism) is right wing.
Hitler supposedly was interested in a eugenics program(s), but there might be some confusion in eugenics vs. genocide. If Hitler truly wanted to improve eugenics, he should have asked the help of the Jewish people, instead he had them murdered.
The author also seems to use Christian and Catholicism interchangeably, which is also an issue.
Quotes are used from other books, but a footnote by one book quoted multiple times said, "Leni Riefenstahl was a norotously unreliable narrator." Why include quotes, from someone else's book, from an unreliable source? How can I trust anything the author wrote if he can't get the little/big details accurate?
Two quotes are at the beginning of the book, in between the copyright page and the table of contents, one is Hitler's -
I know people who "read" enormously, book for book, letter for letter, yet whom I would not describe as "well-read." True, they possess a mass of "knowledge," but their brain is unable to organize and register the material they have taken in. They lack the art of sifting what is valuable for them in a book from that which is without value, of retaining the one forever, and, if possible, not even seeing the rest. - Mein Kampf
Sift through this book if it interests you. Take the information with a grain, (or a silo), of salt and research the details. I wouldn't recommend this book though.
November 13, 2016
Walter Benjamin sosteneva che si pu貌 raccontare molto, di un uomo, osservando i libri che ha letto. E cosa possono svelare, i libri, della vita di chi li ha posseduti, della personalit脿 e delle idee di chi li ha compulsati e annotati se questo appassionato lettore 猫 Adolf Hitler? Timothy Ryback 猫 il primo studioso a occuparsi della biblioteca privata del F眉hrer, rinvenuta in parte nelle citt脿 di Monaco e Berlino, in parte nelle stanze del quartier generale del partito nazionalsocialista, nonch茅 tra le ceneri del Berghof, la residenza estiva fatta costruire sulle montagne della Baviera. Furono le forze sovietiche e poi quelle americane, all'indomani della vittoria nella seconda guerra mondiale, a scavare nelle rovine e a trovare le prime tracce delle letture hitleriane: dalle numerose prime edizioni del Mein Kampf, ai libri di arte, architettura, fotografia, ai molti volumi di politica e di propaganda. Collezionista eclettico e asistematico, Hitler amava Shakespeare, era solito citare frasi tratte da Amleto o Giulio Cesare e dimostr貌 sempre uno spiccato interesse per le Sacre Scritture.
鈥淥riginale o plagiario, l鈥檜omo 猫 il romanziere di se stesso鈥�, scrisse Ortega y Gasset. La frase l'ho scelta da tempo per caratterizzare i miei interessi nella lettura. La trovate anche in testa a questo blog. Mai come in questo caso, questa frase si adatta per chi questo libro 猫 stato scritto. Superfluo e scontato dire che la vita stessa del Fuehrer e麓 un romanzo, un giallo, un noir e quant麓altro si possa dire sul personaggio. Ma qui sono in ballo le sue letture, i libri che lo hanno formato, modellato, fatto pensare e fare cio麓 che ha fatto e ancora oggi si cerca di capire come e perche麓 l麓ha potuto fare.
Scorrendo i titoli che l麓autore di questo libro gli attribuisce mi sono davvero spaventato. Non tanto per il numero dei titoli quanto per i nomi degli autori. Molti sono nella mia biblioteca, molti amici e conoscenti li avranno anche loro. Siamo persone normali, per贸 , almeno speriamo. Ma allora resta lecita la domanda: leggere e麓 pericoloso? O almeno leggere questi libri che Hitler ha letto ci puo麓 fare diventare tanti piccoli o grandi Hitler? Mamma mia che impressione mi fa! Giuro che mi vien voglia di non leggere piu`鈥�
鈥淥riginale o plagiario, l鈥檜omo 猫 il romanziere di se stesso鈥�, scrisse Ortega y Gasset. La frase l'ho scelta da tempo per caratterizzare i miei interessi nella lettura. La trovate anche in testa a questo blog. Mai come in questo caso, questa frase si adatta per chi questo libro 猫 stato scritto. Superfluo e scontato dire che la vita stessa del Fuehrer e麓 un romanzo, un giallo, un noir e quant麓altro si possa dire sul personaggio. Ma qui sono in ballo le sue letture, i libri che lo hanno formato, modellato, fatto pensare e fare cio麓 che ha fatto e ancora oggi si cerca di capire come e perche麓 l麓ha potuto fare.
Scorrendo i titoli che l麓autore di questo libro gli attribuisce mi sono davvero spaventato. Non tanto per il numero dei titoli quanto per i nomi degli autori. Molti sono nella mia biblioteca, molti amici e conoscenti li avranno anche loro. Siamo persone normali, per贸 , almeno speriamo. Ma allora resta lecita la domanda: leggere e麓 pericoloso? O almeno leggere questi libri che Hitler ha letto ci puo麓 fare diventare tanti piccoli o grandi Hitler? Mamma mia che impressione mi fa! Giuro che mi vien voglia di non leggere piu`鈥�
April 22, 2020
Enquanto estava a ler este livro, e me apercebia dos livros que Hitler tinha nas suas 3 bibliotecas pessoais, comecei a pensar para mim mesma se a biblioteca de algu茅m define essa pessoa. Ou seja, se, por exemplo, uma pessoa olhar para a minha estante, e reparar nos livros que eu l谩 tenho, se essa pessoa fica a pensar que me conhece. Que sabe quem eu sou. O que penso. Ser谩?
E depois, outra quest茫o. Os livros que lemos t锚m influ锚ncia em n贸s, t锚m sempre uma influ锚ncia em n贸s, seja de uma maneira ou de outra. Mas ideologicamente falando, os livros que n贸s lemos definem a nossa ideologia? Hitler lia muitos livros que propagavam o 贸dio aos judeus e a exalta莽茫o do povo alem茫o, como um dos maiores povos que o planeta j谩 tinha visto. Muitos livros sobre a import芒ncia do "Sangue e Solo" e sobre a comunidade e como esta deveria predominar sobre o indiv铆duo. Leu muitos fil贸sofos, mas todos proclamavam a grandeza do povo ariano e como, um dia, um novo l铆der chegaria para devolver a ra莽a ariana ao lugar cimeiro entre todos os povos. Hitler escolhia estes livros porque eles representavam exactamente aquilo que ele pensava ou, por outro lado, estes livros 茅 que moldaram o seu pensamento?
N茫o consegui arranjar uma resposta satisfat贸ria para estas minhas d煤vidas, mas penso que a biblioteca de algu茅m n茫o define quem essa pessoa 茅; define, sim, os seus gostos e os seus interesses. Por exemplo, na minha estante tenho muitos mais livros de pol铆tica e de hist贸ria do que romances. Tenho muitas biografias e auto-biografias. N茫o tenho praticamente fantasia nenhuma (a n茫o ser As Cr贸nicas de Gelo e Fogo). Isto diz alguma coisa de mim enquanto pessoa? Algu茅m que olhe para a minha estante v锚 quem eu sou? Penso que n茫o. Apenas repara nos meus interesses.
Portanto, depois de ler este livro, eu ainda n茫o sei o que 茅 que a biblioteca pessoal de algu茅m pode dizer desse algu茅m. Mas sei que este livro empreende uma an谩lise bastante interessante 脿 biblioteca de uma das pessoas mais enigm谩ticas da hist贸ria. E 茅 t茫o interessante que uma pessoa que tinha na sua colec莽茫o cerca de dezasseis mil volumes e ainda assim mandou queimar milhares de livros.
E depois, outra quest茫o. Os livros que lemos t锚m influ锚ncia em n贸s, t锚m sempre uma influ锚ncia em n贸s, seja de uma maneira ou de outra. Mas ideologicamente falando, os livros que n贸s lemos definem a nossa ideologia? Hitler lia muitos livros que propagavam o 贸dio aos judeus e a exalta莽茫o do povo alem茫o, como um dos maiores povos que o planeta j谩 tinha visto. Muitos livros sobre a import芒ncia do "Sangue e Solo" e sobre a comunidade e como esta deveria predominar sobre o indiv铆duo. Leu muitos fil贸sofos, mas todos proclamavam a grandeza do povo ariano e como, um dia, um novo l铆der chegaria para devolver a ra莽a ariana ao lugar cimeiro entre todos os povos. Hitler escolhia estes livros porque eles representavam exactamente aquilo que ele pensava ou, por outro lado, estes livros 茅 que moldaram o seu pensamento?
N茫o consegui arranjar uma resposta satisfat贸ria para estas minhas d煤vidas, mas penso que a biblioteca de algu茅m n茫o define quem essa pessoa 茅; define, sim, os seus gostos e os seus interesses. Por exemplo, na minha estante tenho muitos mais livros de pol铆tica e de hist贸ria do que romances. Tenho muitas biografias e auto-biografias. N茫o tenho praticamente fantasia nenhuma (a n茫o ser As Cr贸nicas de Gelo e Fogo). Isto diz alguma coisa de mim enquanto pessoa? Algu茅m que olhe para a minha estante v锚 quem eu sou? Penso que n茫o. Apenas repara nos meus interesses.
Portanto, depois de ler este livro, eu ainda n茫o sei o que 茅 que a biblioteca pessoal de algu茅m pode dizer desse algu茅m. Mas sei que este livro empreende uma an谩lise bastante interessante 脿 biblioteca de uma das pessoas mais enigm谩ticas da hist贸ria. E 茅 t茫o interessante que uma pessoa que tinha na sua colec莽茫o cerca de dezasseis mil volumes e ainda assim mandou queimar milhares de livros.
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