A new book features 300 letters to Hitler, ranging from the shockingly erotic ("I love you so much. Write me–please. Many greetings. Your Gina) to the downright evil ("Please erase the dishonorable, Jewish heritage of my wife, which is not her own fault...[by doing so] my wife’s and my offspring will become your loyal and enthusiastic followers.").
Letters to Hitler was originally published in Dutch in 1995. Deemed too upsetting for survivors of the war, the book was not translated into other languages at the time. It is finally available in plain English.
The letters were written by a diverse range of people: women (and little girls like Gina) asking Hitler to marry them or father their children, anti-Semites offering political and military advice, and Germans and foreigners urging Hitler to end the war and his persecution of European Jews.
The book is bursting with children’s artwork–disturbing drawings of Hitler encircled by hearts.
Letters to Hitler has been reviewed as "severely unsettling" and even "oppressive." It is not surprising that it took so long for the information in this book, originally compiled by an American official in 1945, to be disseminated beyond the Netherlands.
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sounds like a very interesting book to read... i'll look for it here in my city
greetings!
outsi
which is the publishing house of the book letters to hitler
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