Benjamin Carter Hett: 5 books

Book cover of The Death of Democracy

The Death of Democracy

Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

by Benjamin Carter Hett
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen. Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf...
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Der Reichstagsbrand

Wiederaufnahme eines Verfahrens

by Benjamin Carter Hett
Language: German
Release Date: May 21, 2016

Benjamin Carter Hett rollt in diesem Buch einen der größten und rätselhaftesten Kriminalfälle des 20. Jahrhunderts neu auf: den Reichstagsbrand von 1933. Adolf Hitler war noch keine vier Wochen an der Macht, als am Abend des 27. Februar das Reichstagsgebäude in Berlin in Flammen aufging. Kaum...
Book cover of Burning the Reichstag

Burning the Reichstag

An Investigation into the Third Reich's Enduring Mystery

by Benjamin Carter Hett
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

In February 1933, Adolf Hitler had only a tenuous grasp on power. Chancellor of Germany for merely four weeks, he led a fragile coalition government. The Nazis had lost seats in the Reichstag in the recent election, and claimed only three of thirteen cabinet posts. Then on February 27th, arson sent...
Book cover of Crossing Hitler:The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand

Crossing Hitler:The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand

The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand

by Benjamin Carter Hett
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008

During a 1931 trial of four Nazi stormtroopers, known as the Eden Dance Palace trial, Hans Litten grilled Hitler in a brilliant and merciless three-hour cross-examination, forcing him into multiple contradictions and evasions and finally reducing him to helpless and humiliating rage (the transcription...
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Otto John

Patriot oder Verräter: Eine deutsche Biographie

by Benjamin Carter Hett, Michael Wala
Language: German
Release Date: May 21, 2019

Am 20. Juli 1954 taucht der Präsident des Bundesamtes für Verfassungsschutz in Ost-Berlin auf. Siebzehn Monate später kehrt Otto John in den Westen zurück und wird sofort als Überläufer verhaftet. Bis heute ist ungeklärt, ob John freiwillig in die DDR gegangen ist und dort Geheimnisverrat begangen...
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