I Paid Hitler (Hardcover)

by Fritz Thyssen (Author)

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Text: English (translation) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 281 pages
• Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart; 1st edition (1941)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0006APEIW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,427,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why a Rich Industrialist Chooses Hitler, October 15, 2005

By	John Hancock (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This is a fascinating first-person account from a German industrialist, covering the critical period between WWI and WWII, published in 1941 after Thyssen left Germany.

Despite its limitations, this material is very illuminating and gives Thyssen's version of his motives for giving substantial financial support, early, to the NSDAP (Nazi Party). After Thyssen's description of the episode of what happened to him and his father during the WWI-era, it is not so surprising. Thyssen's money was probably critical to the early successes of the NSDAP.

Thyssen describes his meetings with Hitler -- where and when -- and how the money was handed over (which Hitler would not take in person himself, directly).

Includes "the only known photo" of Thyssen with Hitler.

This is a valuable personal account for every student, researcher, or author of WWII history.

Highly recommended.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, December 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: I Paid Hitler (Hardcover)

I found this book to be a very interesting look at the inside pollitics of the third reich. Fritz tells us why he broke with the third Reich and fled Nazi Germany. Although he doesn't give much if any detail about the amounts of his donations or really any information concerning them. He mainly just tells why he became disinfranchised and finally decided to flee.