The Last Days of Hitler

H.R. Trevor-Roper

Published by The Macmillan Company, 1947

About this Item

1947, First American Edition, as none other mentioned. Macmillan and Company, New York.Black cloth boards with red print on binding. Front board has white marks across it, back board is fine(see pictures); binding has fraying at either end. Dust Jacket in poor condition-front only has flap, while back has both flap and cover, albeit in poor condition; there is no binding part of the dj. Internally, firmly bound. 254 unmarked pages including . Author's Preface; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Marshal of the R.A.F., Lord Tedder G.C.B. Deputy Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force 1943-1945, dated 21st October 1946; Epilogue; Note on Sources; Appendix: The Execution of Fegelein; and Index. Illustrated with a black-and-white Plan of Hitler's Bunker, Hitler's Will (Last page of his "Political Testament," showing signatures); rear endpapers entitled Sketch Map of West and Central Berlin (showing escape-routes used 29 April - 1 May 1945), and a black-and-white photographic plate frontispiece showing Hitler and Himmler (captured photograph from S.S. Hauptamt) The first edition of Hugh Trevor-Roper's important work recounting the events that took place during the last days in Hitler's bunker.Written as an assignment for the British Intelligence in 1945; through interviews with witnesses and the study of various documents he demonstrated that Hitler was dead and he had not escaped from Berlin.A very important political and historical study of Hitler's character and dictatorship, with many historical documents carefully analysed, producing a remarkable analysis of the metamorphosis of power. The book was cleared by British officials in 1946 for publication as soon as the war crimes trials ended. Seller Inventory # 977

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Days of Hitler

Publisher: The Macmillan Company

Publication Date: 1947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Poor

Edition: 1st Edition