The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family (Personal Accounts from Hitler’s Extended Family)
The Hitler Bloodline: Uncovering the Fuhrer’s Secret Family (Personal Accounts from Hitler’s Extended Family)
by David Gardner, ,
The Hitler Family Then and Now
Join author David Gardner as he traces the genealogy of history’s most notorious dictator in this revelatory World War 2 biography
#1 New Release in Genealogy
A family history haunted by a sinister past. The name Hitler is remembered around the world as the Nazi leader responsible for the deadliest war in modern history. But what about those who share the same last name? Who was the Hitler family, and where are they now? Crime journalist David Gardner investigates these questions in The Hitler Bloodline, a family tree book into how Adolf Hitler shaped the lives and legacy of his siblings and their descendants.
Over a century of stories to share. Discover a new side of history with what family life was like before and after the Fuehrer. Starting long before a young Hitler came into the picture, get to know the parents and the older siblings who grew up with the most notorious man in European history. And with the personal accounts of extended family members during and after World War 2, The Hitler Bloodline shares what it was like for the surviving descendants to break away from their family’s darkest shadow. With new details and surprising revelations in David Gardner’s historical research, learn how generations of a family can be impacted by the legacy of their surname to this very day.
Inside, you’ll also find:
- A genogram of past and present household members
- How Hitler’s nephew joined the United States Navy
- If the Hitler family has Jewish ancestry
- The identity of an alleged son
If you liked World War 2 biographies such as Fatherland, The Splendid and the Vile, or The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Famous & Infamous Criminals, you’ll love The Hitler Bloodline.
About the Author
-
David Gardner
David Gardner is an experienced writer and journalist, currently working as an Editor for Newsweek. He also worked for the Daily Mail as a crime writer and senior foreign correspondent, filing dispatches from war-torn Beirut, covering the first Gulf War – he was the first British print journalist into Baghdad – and travelling around the world on assignments for the award-winning newspaper. He moved to California as the Mail's Los Angeles correspondent, which saw him cover four presidential elections and all the biggest US stories of the past two decades and worked until recently as the London Evening Standard’s US correspondent. He has written several books, including The Last of the Hitlers (2001), an account of how he discovered the descendants of the German dictator, and Legends: Murder, Lies and Cover-Ups (John Blake Publishing, 2016), in which he investigated some of the most famous celebrity deaths in recent history, including those of President John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Diana, Princess of Wales. He has also written a biography of the actor Tom Hanks, The Tom Hanks Enigma, and two novels. He divides his time between the UK and LA.
-
-