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Göring. Hess. Mengele. Dönitz. Names that conjure up dark memories of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. They were the architects of the Third Reich. And they were fathers. Gerald Posner convinced eleven sons and daughters of Hitler's inner circle to break their silence.
This second generation of perpetrators in Hitler's Children struggle with their Third Reich inheritance. In grappling with memories of good and loving fathers who were later charged with war crimes, these heirs to the Nazi legacy add a fresh and important perspective to understanding the complexity of what historian, Hannah Arendt, dubbed "the banality of evil."
Hitler's Children is much more, however, than a series of startling family interviews. It is also a spellbinding insider's look at some of the men whose names have become synonymous with terror. This is a classic book about the second generation of Nazi perpetrators (the only one ever to have family interviews with Hess, Mengele, Donitz, and Göring.) No other book author or documentarian ever got those children to talk again. And Norman Frank, the eldest son of war criminal Hans Frank, also never spoke to anyone but Posner.
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About Gerald Posner
Gerald Posner, a former Wall Street lawyer, is currently the chief investigative reporter for the Daily Beast. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Case Closed, a critically acclaimed reexamination of the JFK assassination. His other books include Warlords of Crime, a 1988 exposé of the heroin trade, and Hitler’s Children, a 1991 collection of interviews with the children of Nazi leaders. Mr. Posner’s articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, New Yorker, and US News & World Report. He lives in New York City and is married to author Trisha Posner.
About Julian Elfer
Julian Elfer is an award-winning, classically trained British actor with extensive stage experience. He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and the British Academy at Oxford University, where he studied with the likes of Derek Jacobi, Fiona Shaw, and Alan Rickman. Elfer currently resides and acts in New York City.