The Hitler Virus

The Insidious Legacy of Adolf Hitler

By: Peter Wyden

Narrated by: Robin Sachs

In spring 1945, as the Russians moved on Berlin and it became clear the Nazi cause was lost, Adolf Hitler assured his most trusted henchmen that even if he were to die, "the seed of National Socialism will grow again one day [in]…a radiant rebirth." Several times after the war, the distinguished author Peter Wyden, himself a victim of the Nazis, returned to Germany to discover, to his dismay, that Hitler's prediction was all too true. In this unsettling audiobook, Wyden documents the reality that the "Hitler virus" is still very much alive. A harrowing companion to Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, this book is Wyden's legacy to the world.

©2001 Peter Wyden (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Well written but factually flawed

As stated on my description. The book is well written, there are some interesting parts that other books fail to touch upon however there is the usual Victors bias injected throughout amd their are some major factual errors. (no soap was ever made from the fat of murdered Jews...even Yad Vashem has admitted this is a fallacy).

Good read

Good solid info. Presented a bit slowly at first but definitely info worth pondering long after

This is so timely

Despite being published a couple of decades ago, this analysis of the lingering Nazi ideology and the history of persecution is fascinating. Maybe it has even more to say since we know how things have been going during the 21st-century.

The Hitler Virus by Peter Wyden

Was very interesting. History not learned is history repeated, as they say. A good reminder! Thank-you.
Narration was really good. Thank-you.

With the listen

I thought the book was interesting. It was a different perspective from what I usually read. The narrator was at times very robotic, but if you could get past that sometimes he actually put some emotion into his reading. Overall I would recommend it.