Hitler's Violent Youth

An Emmy Award–winning author and historian delves into the brutal early life of the man who would become Nazi Germany’s maniacal dictator. Between 1889 and 1924, Adolph Hitler’s political outlook was borne out of vicious incidents that heralded the formation of the Sturmabteilung —the notorious SA. Drawing extensively on Hitler’s own biographical account in Mein Kampf , Bob Carruthers illustrates how these events influenced the future führer’s worldview and led directly to the Beer Hall Putsch o