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The True German: The Diary of a World War II Military Judge

The True German: The Diary of a World War II Military Judge

by Werner Otto Mueller-Hill (Author)

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Synopsis

Werner Otto Muller-Hill served as a military judge in the Werhmacht during World War II. From March 1944 to the summer of 1945, he kept a diary, recording his impressions of what transpired around him as Germany hurtled into destruction - what he thought about the fate of the Jewish people, the danger from the Bolshevik East once an Allied victory was imminent, his longing for his home and family and, throughout it, a relentless disdain and hatred for the man who dragged his beloved Germany into this cataclysm, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Muller-Hill calls himself a German nationalist, the true Prussian idealist who was there before Hitler and would be there after. Published in Germany and France, Muller-Hill's diary has been hailed as a unique document, praised for its singular candor and uncommon insight into what the German army was like on the inside. It is an extraordinary testament to a part of Germany's people that historians are only now starting to acknowledge and fills a gap in our knowledge of WWII.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 240
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 22 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 1137278544
ISBN 13: 9781137278548

Media Reviews
...the diary suggests that ordinary citizens knew - or were able to deduce - a lot more about what was going on in Hitler's Germany than many have claimed, and calls into question the idea that Germans were reduced to an unthinking mass.' - BBC History Muller-Hill begins in March '44... with his analysis of the eastern front, the chances of the invasion we call today D-Day, and the prognoses he sees. Slowly he weaves in more day-to-day life... I am grateful for the ideas [the book] holds, of some Germans being much more savvy about what their propaganda told them and the hopes they had for a post-war future. - The Bookbag This diary provides a unique insight into conditions in the Wehrmacht and Germany during the final stages of the conflict... Some of the entries are almost prophetic in nature, particularly in predicting the Cold War... [It] will be a valuable source for anyone interested in the fall of the Third Reich. - Military History Monthly 'With a superb, thoroughly up-to-date Introduction by historian Benjamin Carter Hett, this is a fascinating and very readable account of the end of the Reich as witnessed by a clear-sighted and decent German.' - Jewish Chronicle This is a fascinating diary, providing us with a valuable view of the last year of the war as seen by a well connected member but non-combatant member of the German military. - History of War As his wartime diary shows, the military judge Werner Otto Muller-Hill was one of the few people who thought for themselves in Germany. His sober, prescient assessements of the situation back then make this historical document an informative read. - Stuttgarter Zeitung The diary casts a spell over the reader from the first to the final page. A disconcerting and highly informative book. - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Author Bio
Werner Otto Muller-Hill was a military judge in the Wehrmacht who began a diary in the last days of World War II. He survived the war and went on to become a prosecutor. He died in 1977.