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Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand

Contributor(s): Hett, Benjamin Carter (Author)

ISBN: 9780195369885

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Pub Date: September 18, 2008

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2008004964

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.30" H x 9.20" L x 6.40" W ( 1.40 lbs) 368 pages

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Description: Hans Litten, a courageous German-Jewish lawyer who defended civil rights in the Weimar Republic, was one of the only people to ever cross-examine Hitler on the witness stand, and the only one to reduce him to helpless rage. This book is a dramatic account of that trial, and the gripping and definitive story of a fascinating figure--forgotten today--of anti-Nazi resistance.

Review Quotes: "Hett has written a riveting account of Litten's life."--Jewish Book World

"Hett's well-researched history is an excellent introduction, and a creepy reminder of the insidious power of evil."--Dick Cady, ForeWord Magazine

"Hett adroitly explains the workings of the Weimar legal system and challenges the conventional wisdom that the German legal profession was, prior to 1933, so right wing that its transition to Nazism was an easy and logical step....Recommended for all libraries."--Library Journal

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