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Author:

Hett, Benjamin Carter.

Title:

Crossing Hitler : the man who put the Nazis on the witness stand / Benjamin Carter Hett.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Litten, Hans,--1903-1938.
Lawyers--Germany--Biography.
Anti-Nazi movement--Biography.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Germany--History--20th century.
Political participation--Moral and ethical aspects--Germany.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-339) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Summoning Hitler -- The Litten Court -- The black mob -- The grizzly, the camel, and the seal-bear -- You must change your life -- Litten & Barbasch -- May day -- The witness -- Political soldiers -- The Eden Dance Palace -- "Murder storm 33" -- Roll commandos -- The oath -- A snag with Hitler -- Verdicts -- The double edge of the deed -- Bülow Square -- Richard Street -- They know what they do -- Underground influences -- Felseneck -- "A dangerous irritant in the administration of justice" -- Expelled -- Threats -- The Reichstag burns -- Sonnenburg -- "Coordination" -- Spandau -- Diels's list -- "I must burden you with my suicide" -- Means of escape -- Madonna in the Rose Bower -- Long knives -- The führer's clemency -- Thoughts are free -- The Jew block -- Isolation -- Passion -- News -- Epilogue: "Only where there are graves are there resurrections" -- Appendix: Hans Litten's cross-examination of Adolf Hitler, May 8, 1931.

ISBN:

0195369882 (alk. paper)
9780195369885 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191865749

LCCN:

2008004964

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)