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The Hitler Virus
The Insidious Legacy of Adolf Hitler
By Wyden, Peter
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-55970-532-5
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
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Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Hitler has been dead for 56 years, but the "Hitler industry" is alive and well, and these two new books get to the heart of it. German-born Wyden (who previously explored the horrors of Nazism in Stella, LJ 10/15/92) was consumed with his mission to document the "Hitler virus" he found prevalent in modern Germany but died in 1998 before his work was finished. His publisher, identified only as "R.W.S.," completed the research and frames the book with introductory and concluding essays. Wyden constructs his case slowly, describing instances of neo-Nazi sentiment, skinhead terror, and acts of violence against immigrants. He chillingly details a festive trek by tourists to Berchtesg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
