Bibliograph

The hangman and his wife, the life and death of Reinhard Heydrich, Nancy Dougherty ; edited with a foreword by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Type

Label

The hangman and his wife, the life and death of Reinhard Heydrich, Nancy Dougherty ; edited with a foreword by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-598) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The hangman and his wife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1260691397

Responsibility statement

Nancy Dougherty ; edited with a foreword by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

Sub title

the life and death of Reinhard Heydrich

Summary

"A biography of Reinhard Heydrich and his wife, Lina von Osten Heydrich"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Starting out -- The face of National Socialism -- Child of uncertainty -- The honor of an officer -- The honor of a woman -- The great enigma : Heinrich Himmler -- Fate, or "work in relation to life's possibilities" -- Gathering power -- Bitter young men, bright young men : Heydrich's SD -- The evil twins -- The road to Berlin -- The rules of the game -- A lesson in life -- Exercising power -- Transformations of our struggle : the invisible apparat -- The expert on the forms of words -- "Garbage can of the Third Reich" -- The house across the way -- Drawing the line : the Abwehr resistance -- The Night of Broken Glass -- Inside the spider's web -- The second sex in the Third Reich -- A disgrace -- for Germany -- Going to war -- "Perfectly normal men" -- The road to Wannsee -- The Wansee Conference -- Reichsprotektor : Bohemia & Moravia -- The castle -- The fatal crown -- The road to Jungfern-Breschan -- The temple of fear -- Afterwards -- Surviving death and defeat -- The album

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Life and death of Reinhard Heydrich

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