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Diary of a Man in Despair

Diary of a Man in Despair

by Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen (Author), Norman Stone (Introduction), Paul Rubens (Translator)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen, a Prussian aristocrat, began a secret diary in May 1936, which describes how a psychosis enveloped an entire society, enabling Hitler's rise to power, and the Nazi regime. His insider observations are set down with passion, outrage and almost unbearable sadness. This diary begins with the death of the corrupted Spengler ( Decline of the West ), describes personal encounters with Hitler (he considers shooting the Fuhrer) and abruptly stops when the diarist, at the depth of his despair, is arrested by the Gestapo. Reck-Malleczewen was executed by genickshuss (neck-shot) in Dachau on 16 February, 1945.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Duck Editions
Published: 19 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0715631004
ISBN 13: 9780715631003

Media Reviews
'Stunning... It is not often that invective reaches the level of art, and rarer still that hatred assumes a tragic grandeur' - The New York Times; 'I beg you to read this hitterly courageous book... it is, without a doubt, my book of the year. Its light may seem to be cast on what is now ancient history, but it speaks, in thunder, to the present' - Frederick Raphael, The Sunday Times
Author Bio
Friedrich Pereyval Reck-Malleczewen began this secret diary in May 1936 and continued until his arrest by the Gestapo. He was executed by genickshuss (neck-shot) in Dachau in February 1945. An unexpurgated chapter was discovered recently by his widow sixty years later, and is included.