{"product_id":"defying-hitler-a-memoir-9780312421137","title":"Defying Hitler: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner's memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. Covering 1907 to 1933, his eyewitness account provides a portrait of a country in constant flux: from the rise of the First Corps, the right-wing voluntary military force set up in 1918 to suppress Communism and precursor to the Nazi storm troopers, to the Hitler Youth movement; from the apocalyptic year of 1923 when inflation crippled the country to Hitler's rise to power. This fascinating personal history elucidates how the average German grappled with a rapidly changing society, while chronicling day-to-day changes in attitudes, beliefs, politics, and prejudices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastian Haffner\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Berlin in 1907, and died in 1999. In 1938, he was forced to flee to Britain, where he worked as a journalist. In 1954, he returned to Germany and became a distinguished historian and commentator. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOliver Pretzel\u003c\/b\u003e, Sebastian Haffner's son, is the translator of this work.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631608566034,"sku":"9780312421137","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10e240cd-ee07-4eff-95b5-961d6da88b8b.jpg?v=1732777516","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/defying-hitler-a-memoir-9780312421137","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}