A fascinating exploration of the character of Adolf Hitler- the most powerful and destructive man in history. Accompanies the BBC series
Laurence Rees is the writer and producer of the major BBC
television documentary series World War II- Behind Closed Doors,
War of the Century, Horror in the East and Auschwitz- The Nazis and
the 'Final Solution'. He won the British Book Award for History
Book of the Year in 2006 for his international bestseller
Auschwitz- The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'.
Rees' career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and
World War II, stretches back nearly 20 years. His body of work has
won him several awards, including a BAFTA and a Grierson Award.
Educated at Solihull School and Oxford University, Rees is the
former Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes.
Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and
answers all the right questions
*Daily Telegraph*
Laurence Rees asks, as always, the right questions, and provides
excellent answers. Blending the oral testimony of contemporaries
with documentary evidence, he offers sharp insight into the
adulation of Hitler by millions of Germans that underpinned his
'charismatic rule'
*Professor Sir Ian Kershaw*
Laurence Rees has done more for good history on television in this
country than anyone else. Over several series, he has examined the
most terrible aspects of the Second World War with a passionate
longing to understand, while rejecting facile moral judgment
*Sir Antony Beevor*
Laurence Rees is currently producing the best documentaries ever
made about the Nazi era
*Clive James*
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