Bøger af Roger Moorhouse

Berlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it was also the venue for Albert Speer's plans to forge a new 'world metropolis' and the scene of the final climactic bid to defeat Nazism.

On the 1st of April, 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five in years in prison.In 1923 Hitler had hijacked a political meeting in one of Bavaria's beer halls, firing a pistol shot into the ceiling and declaring that "The National Revolution has begun!" Leading his rag-tag band of followers into the heart of Munich, Hitler was finally stopped by a volley of fire from the Bavarian police, next to the elegant Feldherrnhalle. Sixteen of Hitler's acolytes were killed that day, whilst others were injured, arrested and scattered as fugitives. Hitler, his arm dislocated in the resulting mêlée, fled to rural Bavaria, where he was picked up by the police two days later. Hitler's 'National Revolution' had been crushed and his political stock had plummeted. Even the grandees of his own party swiftly sought to dissociate themselves from his rash, revolutionary ambitions.Isolated and depressed, Hitler spent much of his incarceration dictating his autobiography - 'Mein Kampf'.But when his trial came around it soon became apparent he could use the publicity as a platform to rally support for his cause.And soon his embittered paranoia was transformed into a new determination and confidence.'His Struggle' is the story of how Hitler's incarceration in Landsberg prison helped shape his political views, and eventually laid the foundations for the strong support system which led to his victory as leader of the Nazi party.Roger Moorhouse is a best-selling historian. A specialist in modern German history, he is author of 'The Devils' Alliance', 'The Wolf's Lair', 'Killing Hitler' and 'Berlin at War'. He has also been a regular contributor to both the 'BBC History Magazine' and 'History Today' for over a decade. Praise for Roger Moorhouse: 'Roger Moorhouse has built a formidable and justified reputation as one of our leading authorities on all aspects of the Third Reich. In addition to his sound scholarship and original thinking his writing is clear and wonderfully accessible. The Wolf's Lair shows him at the height of his powers' (Nigel Jones, Author of 'Countdown to Valkyrie'; 'Hitler's Heralds and The War Walk) 'As a leading historian of modern Germany, Moorhouse has chronicled a largely unknown story with scholarship, narrative verve and an awful, harrowing immediacy.' (Sunday Telegraph) 'Moorhouse's meticulous and painstaking research is matched by his narrative verve, wide-ranging sympathy and eye for the telling detail.' (The Independent)

**A Telegraph Best History Book 2023 and Spectator Book of the Year**The inspirational story of the ordinary people who forged the documents that saved thousands of Jewish lives in World War Two.'Powerful ... gripping ... inspiring' JONATHAN DIMBLEBYBetween 1940 and 1943, a small group of Polish diplomats and Jewish activists in Switzerland engaged in a wholly remarkable - and until now, almost completely unknown - humanitarian operation. Under the leadership of the Polish Ambassador, Aleksander Lados, they undertook a systematic programme of forging identity documents for Latin American countries, which were then smuggled into German-occupied Europe to save the lives of thousands of Jews facing extermination in the Holocaust.The Lados operation was one of the largest rescue missions of the entire war, and The Forgers tells this extraordinary story for the first time. We follow the desperate bids of Jews to obtain these life-saving documents, and their painful uncertainty over whether they will be granted protection from the Nazis' murderous fury. And we witness the quiet heroism of those who decided to act in an attempt to save thousands of lives.'Fascinating' The Times'Remarkable' Sunday Times'As gripping as it is moving' JULIA BOYD'An astonishing book' KATJA HOYER

A biography of Hitler by his long-serving press chief and close associate. Fascinating insight into the workings of the Third Reich's propaganda machine. Revealing eyewitness account from with Hitler's inner circle. Includes personal analysis of Hitler and his behaviour.

For nearly two years the two most infamous dictators in history actively collaborated with one another. This book tells the story of the pact between Hitler and Stalin, from the motivation for its inception to its dramatic and abrupt end in 1941 as Germany declared war against its former partner.

All of them failed. Alongside the dramatic and largely unknown stories of Hitler's numerous assassins, this book presents a fascinating investigation of a number of broader issues, such as the complex motives of the German Resistance, the curious squeamishness of the British, and the effectiveness of the Nazi security apparatus.

En overraskende ikkeangrebspagt mellem Hitler og Stalin blev underskrevet den 23. august 1939. Otte dage senere var Anden Verdenskrig i gang. Den britiske historiker Roger Moorhouse fortæller hele historien om den kortfattede pagt, der fik fatale konsekvenser for Europa.I EN DJÆVELSK ALLIANCE sætter Roger Moorhouse fokus på Hitler-Stalin pagtens betydning for Anden Verdenskrig og ikke mindst for Østeuropas videre skæbne – en kendsgerning, der ofte er blevet negligeret i den vestlige historiefortælling om Anden Verdenskrig. Desuden er det i følge Roger Moorhouse på høje tid at trække Stalins baggrund for involveringen med Hitler frem i lyset. Pagten var ikke blot et forsvar, men også regulær anti-vestlig taktik fra Moskvas side, der kunne have endt fatalt.Igennem vidneudsagn, arkivalier og samtaler med nulevende fortæller EN DJÆVELSK ALLIANCE hele historien om den lille traktats kolossale betydning."Grundig populærvidenskabelig gennemgang for historieinteresserede af den Tysk-sovjetiske Ikke-angrebspagt august 1939 til juni 1941 mellem Sovjetunionen og Tyskland (...) Bogen er en sammenskrivning og fortolkning af et omfattende materiale af primær- og sekundærkilder. Med sin lettere dramatiserede journalistiske skrivestil og opbygning er bogen let forståelig og kommer rundt i mange hjørner. Den veksler mellem det store overblik og øjenvidnebeskrivelser og cases (...) Bogen egner sig til anskaffelse i de fleste biblioteker."ANMELDERNE SKREV"Forrygende velskrevet bog om »den djævelske pagt« mellem Hitler og Stalin (...) Bogen kan varmt anbefales. Den er skrevet hamrende spændende og holdt i en flydende stil."- Bent Blüdnikow, Berlingske"...fremragende bog (...) Bogen er holdt i et meget læsevenligt sprog, som selvsagt kommer oversætteren til ære (...) Bogen kan varmt anbefales"- Helsingør DagbladROGER MOORHOUSE (f. 1968) er britisk historiker, uddannet i London og Düsseldorf. Han har blandt andet skrevet den roste BERLIN I KRIG, der er oversat til en række sprog.

Da de russiske tropper nåede Berlin i april 1945, indtog de en ruinhob befolket af udmattede og udsultede skygger. Bare seks år tidligere havde byen været Europas centrum og hovedstad i Hitlers Tyskland. Her havde nazisterne demonstreret deres magt i endeløse parader, og her skulle Albert Speers storslåede vision for "Welthauptstadt Germania" rejse sig. I stedet kom byen til at danne ramme om nazismens endelige nederlag.Gennem dagbøger, interviews og nazisternes egne fortrolige overvågningsrapporter tegner den britiske historiker Roger Moorhouse et levende og detaljeret portræt af berlinernes liv under Anden Verdenskrig.Berlin i krig er en fortælling om mod, moral og frygtelige forbrydelser blandt almindelige berlinere. Alle blev de vidne til krigens rædsler og den ydmygende skæbne, der blev deres hjemby til del."Hvordan var det egentlig at bo og leve i Hitlers Berlin for helt almindelige mennesker? Det får vi svaret på i denne fremragende dokumentar, som er en af de mest underholdende og fascinerende skildringer af livet i den tyske rigshovedstad fra Hitlers 50-års fødselsdag i 1939 til fødselarens usle død i en bunker under storbyens ruindynger seks år senere." 5 stjerner - Hans Engell, Ekstrabladet"Hver eneste sider drypper med stemningsfuld indlevelse ... Som med andre britiske historikere er der tale om historisk litteratur på yderst højt niveau, og enhver, der drager til Berlin, bør tage denne letlæste og gribende bog med sig." 5 stjerner - Bent Blüdnikow, Berlingske"... det er et fortræffeligt indblik i liv og hverdag i Hitlertysklands hovedstad, hvor både Berlinfarere og dem, der bliver derhjemme, kan hente nye facetter til fascinationen af den ombejlede, mishandlede og magnetiske metropol." 5 hjerter - Henrik Lundtofte, PolitikenDEN INTERNATIONALE PRESSE SKREV BL.A.:"Indsigtsfuld, medrivende og sine steder rystende aktuel" - The Telegraph"Moorhouses omhyggelige researcharbejde modsvares flot af hans levende fortællestil, store indlevelsesevne og sans for de vigtige detaljer." - The Independent"Denne fremragende bog ... fokuserer på almindelige borgere frem for de nazistiske pinger og bureaukrater, og Moorhouse lader ingen i tvivl om, at denne krig kun var ønsket af ganske få berlinere, mens alle endte med at lide under den." - Washington PostROGER MOOORHOUSE (f. 1968) er britisk historiker og har bl.a. skrevet den internationale succes "Killing Hitler". Han er ekspert for BBC, skriver for The Independent on Sunday og roses for sin evne til at give historien og særligt Anden Verdenskrig et ansigt.