Kari Salminen: Adolf Hitler Was a Bibliophile

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November 11, 1923. Adolf Hitler, leader of the German National Socialist Workers Party, was arrested in a country house where he remained hidden. Two days earlier, the brewery Putsch in Munich had failed. This attempted coup d’état, inspired by Mussolini’s march on Rome, sought to overthrow the Bavarian government and establish a new order in Germany. The brewery Putsch occurred at a time of economic and political instability in Germany, with th…

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The leader of the Third Reich was a voracious reader. He was a bibliophile, perhaps even a bibliomaniac. He progressed from adventure books to philosophy and from occult sciences to military knowledge. He was not uneducated. This has been investigated in his research by, among others, Timothy W. Ryback.