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    Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
    Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
    Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals
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    Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals

    Written by James Longo

    Narrated by David Colacci

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    Five youthful years in Vienna. It was then and there that Adolf Hitler's obsession with the Habsburg Imperial family became the catalyst for his vendetta against a vanished empire, a dead archduke, and his royal orphans. That hatred drove Hitler's rise to power and led directly to the tragedy of the Second World War and the Holocaust.

    The royal orphans of Archduke Franz Ferdinand-offspring of an upstairs-downstairs marriage that scandalized the tradition-bound Habsburg Empire-came to personify to Adolf Hitler, and others, all that was wrong about modernity, the twentieth century, and the Habsburg's multi-ethnic, multi-cultural Austro-Hungarian Empire. They were outsiders in the greatest family of royal insiders in Europe, which put them on a collision course with Adolf Hitler.

    As he rose to power Hitler's hatred toward the Habsburgs and their diverse empire fixated on Franz Ferdinand's sons, who became outspoken critics and opponents of the Nazi party and its racist ideology. When Germany seized Austria in 1938, they were the first two Austrians arrested by the Gestapo, deported to Germany, and sent to Dachau. Within hours they went from palace to prison. The women in the family, including the Archduke's only daughter Princess Sophie Hohenberg, declared their own war on Hitler.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateNov 6, 2018
    ISBN9781977384409

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    • 4/5
      Through our own lives we are introduced, study and hear about these historical personalities/ families, but in this book we are taken inside their own rich lives - full of suffering, but also laughter, love and strength, plus lived in the center stage of important world events - which gives us details that we don’t hear often or even knew about : I totally enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      Never, EVER, thought about this aspect of WWII. Yet, it was one of the first things that Hitler did after the start of the War. Some great scenes in this book. Would make quite a movie.
    • 4/5
      I knew very little about the Habsburgs and the political background of Austria prior to WWII. Hitler & the Habsburgs filled in the blanks and then some. This is the kind of non-fiction book I love to read--hard to put down and prompts me to learn more.Hitler’s background in Austria is the focal point at the beginning, but as Hitler grows older and gains power, the focal point shifts to the Habsburg family, and of course, the war. I had no idea of Hitler’s early years, so it was interesting to read about his hatred for the Habsburgs and how his path to power came about.James Longo’s informative details of the Habsburg family were written with such compassion. As the first two political prisoners taken after Hitler invaded Austria, Maximillian and Ernst Hohenberg were treated horribly. The family spent years trying to get them released and then spent more years trying to have the family property returned.History lovers and those who love reading about the Imperial dynasty will enjoy this one. It’s a fairly quick read and is very informative. I really liked it and will look for more of James Longo’s work in the future.Many thanks to NetGalley and Diversion Books for allowing me to read an advance copy and give my honest review.