The Last Days of Hitler

Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Berlin--a bizarre and gripping episode punctuated by power play and competition among Hitler's potential successors.

"From exhaustive research [Trevor-Roper] has put together a carefully documented, irrefutable, and unforgettable reconstruction of the last days in April, 1945."--New Republic

"A book sound in its scholarship, brilliant in its presentation, a delight for historians and laymen alike."--A. J. P. Taylor, New Statesman

Author: Hugh Trevor-Roper
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 10/15/1992
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.56w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780226812243
ISBN10: 0226812243
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Europe | Germany
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State

About the Author
Hugh Trevor-Roper is the author of Catholics, Anglicans, and Puritans and Renaissance Essays, both published by the University of Chicago Press.