Sebastian Haffner

A remarkable historical and psychological study of the enigma of Adolf Hitler and his impact on the twentieth century - by the bestselling author of DEFYING HITLER. 'Dazzlingly brilliant' OBSERVER 'Mr Haffner ... has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Sebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions, crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation, the Western world and human civilisation. 'What makes Haffner's book different is that it is not one more biography but an analysis - a most penetrating analysis - of what Hitler was up to in his astonishing career' A.L. Rowse 'Mr Haffner...has exposed better, and more briefly, than anyone else the clockwork of that infernal machine' Gordon Brook-Shepherd, Sunday Telegraph

An absolute classic of autobiography and history - one of the few books to explore how and why the Germans were seduced by Hitler and Nazism. 'If you have never read a book about Nazi Germany before, or if you have already read a thousand, I would urge you to read DEFYING HITLER. It sings with wisdom and understanding' DAILY MAIL Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir (written in 1939 but only published now for the first time) begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler's assumption of power in 1933. It is a portrait of himself and his own generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his friends how that generation came to be seduced by Hitler and Nazism. The Germans lacked an outlet for self-expression: where the French had amour, food and wine, and the British their gardens and their pets, the Germans had nothing, leading to a tendency towards mass psychosis. The upheaval of post-WWI revolution, factionalism and inflation left the Germans addicted to excitement and action: Hitler provided this, and more.

Parting is a lighthearted yet melancholic love story of the last precious hours before exile, fascism and war. The young legal trainee Raimund travels from Berlin to Paris to visit his girlfriend, the lively and free-spirited Teddy. It is the interwar period, a time when life still sparkles. Together with Teddy's colorful entourage - the charming bon vivant Franz, the serious Mademoiselle Gault, the eccentric Mr. Andrews, and a motley crew of artists and lost souls - they roam through Parisian cafés and restaurants, celebrating their freedom, aware that nothing will stay as it is. In this way a day and night full of lightness and longing unfold, with the inevitable farewell ever-present in their minds. W&N Essential, translated by Michael Hofmann

Written in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner's memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of German citizens between the wars. Covering the period between 1907 and 1933, his eyewitness account describes a country in constant flux, where civilians struggle to reconcile the tedium and dramas of their private lives with the world-historical scale of Nazi politics. How does one recognize a turning point in real time? From the rise of Hitler Youth to the economic crisis of 1923, Haffner charts a personal history through the disturbing years in which ordinary Germans joined the Nazi party with willingness, indifference, and glee. An unflinching look at the day-to-day changes of an increasingly fascist society, Defying Hitler is a perennially urgent work of first-person history.

Vospominanija nemetskogo zhurnalista i istorika Sebastjana Khafnera (1907-1999), napisannye v emigratsii v 1939 godu, okhvatyvajut period s 1914 po 1933 god. Avtor pytaetsja otvetit na vopros, kak sobytija etogo desjatiletija podgotovili nemtsev k prinjatiju vlasti natsistov, kak sozdavalas i udobrjalas mnogoslojnaja sotsialno-politicheskaja pochva, na kotoroj byl vozveden tretij rejkh.Perevodchik: Eliseev NikitaRedaktor: Snezhinskaja Galina Vladimirovna, Bulatovskij I. V.

Vospominanija nemetskogo zhurnalista i istorika Sebastjana Khafnera (1907-1999), napisannye v emigratsii v 1939 godu, okhvatyvajut period s 1914 po 1933 god. Avtor pytaetsja otvetit na vopros, kak sobytija etogo desjatiletija podgotovili nemtsev k prinjatiju vlasti natsistov, kak sozdavalas i udobrjalas mnogoslojnaja sotsialno-politicheskaja pochva, na kotoroj byl vozveden tretij rejkh.Perevodchik: Eliseev NikitaRedaktor: Snezhinskaja Galina Vladimirovna, Bulatovskij I. V.

Kohati irooniliselt, kohati raevu ja põlgusega vaatab Sebastian Haffner oma 1939. aastal kirja pandud meenutustes vahetu tunnistajana tagasi kahe ilmasõja vahelisele Saksamaale ja Hitleri tõusule. See oli tappidest lahti maailm: 1923. aasta kappav inflatsioon, nälg ja küllus käsikäes; pruuni ussina tänavail looklevad natsirongkäigud, tõstetud käed ja "Heil Hitler!"; poliitilised mõrvad ja juutide vaenamine; erakondade radikaliseerumine ja kulminatsioonina Hitleri nimetamine riigikantsleriks. "Ühe sakslase lugu" on õieti kõigi sakslaste lugu, aga ka eurooplaste lugu 20. sajandi kahel aastakümnel. Kas suudab inimkond möödunust õppust võtta või läheb 21. sajand ajalukku kordusetendusena? Sebastian Haffneri pseudonüümi all kirjutanud juristi ja ajakirjaniku kodanikunimi oli Raimund Pretzel (1907-1999) ja tema elutöö lubab teda nimetada "Saksamaa moraalseks südametunnistuseks". Pärast sõda oli Sebastian Haffner üks väljapaistvamaid saksa publitsiste, esindades demokraatlikku meelsust ja viljeldes sundimatult elegantset stiili. Ta kirjutas esseistlikus laadis menukaid käsitlusi Saksa ajaloost, millest tuntuim on ehk "Anmerkungen zu Hitler" ("Märkmed Hitleri kohta", 1978). "Der Teufelspakt" ("Kuradipakt", 1968) kõneleb Molotovi-Ribbentropi paktist.

"Anmerkungen zu Hitler" ("Primechanija k Gitleru") nemetskogo istorika Sebastjana Khafnera (1907-1999) - analiticheskij kommentarij k ego khudozhestvennomu bestselleru "Istorija odnogo nemtsa" (1939), napisannyj spustja sorok let (1978). I segodnja - esche cherez sorok let - eto jasnoe i glubokoe issledovanie fenomena politicheskogo chudovischa obladaet vsemi kachestvami bezuslovnogo "mastrida". Nedarom istorik i politolog Golo Mann (syn Tomasa Manna) prizyval izuchat "Anmerkungen zu Hitler" v starshikh klassakh shkoly. Ponimanie togo, kak i pochemu "nekto", plot ot ploti tolpy, mozhet stat populjarnym politikom i povesti tolpu na prestuplenie, obretaet osobuju tsennost v nashe vremja, dajuschee bezgranichnye tekhnologicheskie vozmozhnosti prevraschenija lichnogo psikhoza v massovyj.3-e izdanie.Perevodchik: Eliseev NikitaRedaktor: Snezhinskaja Galina Vladimirovna

"Anmerkungen zu Hitler" ("Primechanija k Gitleru") nemetskogo istorika Sebastjana Khafnera (1907-1999) - analiticheskij kommentarij k ego khudozhestvennomu bestselleru "Istorija odnogo nemtsa" (1939), napisannyj spustja sorok let (1978). I segodnja - esche cherez sorok let - eto jasnoe i glubokoe issledovanie fenomena politicheskogo chudovischa obladaet vsemi kachestvami bezuslovnogo "mastrida". Nedarom istorik i politolog Golo Mann (syn Tomasa Manna) prizyval izuchat "Anmerkungen zu Hitler" v starshikh klassakh shkoly. Ponimanie togo, kak i pochemu "nekto", plot ot ploti tolpy, mozhet stat populjarnym politikom i povesti tolpu na prestuplenie, obretaet osobuju tsennost v nashe vremja, dajuschee bezgranichnye tekhnologicheskie vozmozhnosti prevraschenija lichnogo psikhoza v massovyj.2-e izdanie, ispravlennoe.Perevodchik: Eliseev NikitaRedaktor: Snezhinskaja Galina Vladimirovna

Detta är en ögonvittnesskildring från krigsutbrottet 1914, hyperinflationen på 20-talet och nazismens framväxt; ett tidsdokument som borde läsas av alla som vill veta hur ett "normalt" samhälle kan brytas ner och förvandlas till en barbarisk diktatur.Journalisten Sebastian Haffner (1907-1999) emigrerade 1938 till England men återvände till Tyskland 1954. Han blev en av de ledande efterkrigsjournalisterna och skrev politiska biografier om bland andra Churchill och Hitler.