The Seven Men of Spandau
The Last of the Hitler Gang
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Narrated by:
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Michael Langan
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Jack Fishman
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In 1945 seven of Hitler's henchmen were incarcerated as solitary inmates of the vast Spandau prison in Berlin originally built to accommodate hundreds. Every conceivable precaution was taken to ensure escape was impossible for such high-profile prisoners. Hitler's henchmen had been tried and convicted for their complicity in Hitler's campaign and had escaped the death penalty, unlike many of their former comrades.
This extensively researched book has been constructed from innumerable sources, including firsthand accounts from the men themselves, their families, friends, lawyers, and enemies; from visits made to Berlin with their wives, from smuggled and authorized letters written in prison, and authentic conversations between the prisoners. What is revealed are intimate details of the private lives of these once powerful men, their thoughts and reflections inside Spandau, their differing attitudes to their crimes, and how these affected their relationships with each other.
Also revealed is the complex and frustrating diplomatic and political in-fighting between the four powers of the United States, Britain, France, and the USSR, administering the gaol in the postwar era. A situation that remained until September 1987 when, within weeks of the death of the remaining prisoner, bulldozers moved in to raze it to the ground.
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Based on research in five languages and in archives across the globe, Habsburgs on the Rio Grande fundamentally revises narratives of global history. Far more than a footnote, the Second Mexican Empire was at the center of world-historic great-power struggles—a point of inflection in a contest for supremacy that set the terms of twentieth-century rivalry.
By: Raymond Jonas
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They Never Threw Anything Away
- Memories of the Great Depression by Americans Who Lived It
- By: Ed Linz
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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The parallels to the present are ominous: an international pandemic killing nearly 700,000 Americans, followed by a booming stock markets and political turmoil….then years of unimaginable misery for so many – an era so difficult and challenging that it became known as The Great Depression….SOUND FAMILIAR? CAN HISTORY REPEAT? They Never Threw Anything Away provides an entertaining, informative, but all-too-plausible comparison of then and now from memories of 22 Americans who lived through The Great Depression. In their own words they tell of experiences gained while living during the ...
By: Ed Linz
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Team of Giants
- The Making of the Spanish-American War
- By: Matthew Bernstein
- Narrated by: Douglas R Pratt
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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If not for an unlikely alliance among a bespectacled cowboy, a former Confederate general, and a millionaire newspaper publisher, the Spanish-American War might never have been. How these three outsize characters—Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph “Fighting Joe” Wheeler, and William Randolph Hearst—helped ignite the war that established the United States’ offshore empire is the rousing tale that Matthew Bernstein tells in Team of Giants.
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Somewhere Toward Freedom
- By: Bennett Parten
- Narrated by: Jonathan Beville
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historian Bennett Parten provides a groundbreaking account of Sherman’s March to the Sea—the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy—told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled to the Union lines and transformed Sherman’s march into the biggest liberation event in American history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling history, well told!
- By Nina Lovel on 02-26-25
By: Bennett Parten
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The Silent Defiance
- Sophie Scholl and the White Rose (Unsung Heroes Voices Lost in Time: The Women Behind Revolutionary Movements)
- By: K.T. Glynn
- Narrated by: Kristen Alifano
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 35
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Dive into a riveting historical journey that reveals the courageous triumph of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, even if history tried to silence them. Have you ever wondered about the unsung heroes who dared to stand against tyranny? Does mainstream history leave you yearning for compelling stories of the figures who defied the odds? Are you searching for an engaging narrative that will challenge your intellect and resonate deeply with your sense of justice?
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5 out of 5 stars
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INTRIGUING!
- By William on 04-12-25
By: K.T. Glynn
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The White Peril
- A Family Memoir
- By: Omo Moses
- Narrated by: Kevin Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Omo Moses deftly interweaves his own life story with excerpts from both his great-grandfather's sermons and the writings of his father, the civil rights activist Bob Moses. The result is a powerful chorus of voices that spans 3 generations of an African American family, all shining a light on the Black experience, all calling fiercely for racial justice. This book is at once a coming-of-age story, a multigenerational family memoir, an epic father-son road trip, a searing account of the Black male experience, and a work that powerfully revives Rev. Moses’s demand for liberation.
By: Omo Moses
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Lawless Republic
- By: Josiah Osgood
- Narrated by: David Holt
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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In its final decades, the Roman Republic was engulfed by a crime wave. An epidemic of extortions, murders, and acts of insurrection tested the court system's capacity to maintain order. As case after case filled the docket, an ambitious young lawyer named Cicero seized every opportunity to litigate, forging a reputation as a master debater with a bright future in politics. In Lawless Republic, historian Josiah Osgood recounts the legendary orator's ascent and fall, and his pivotal role in the republic's lurch toward autocracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and educational
- By N. Mammen on 02-25-25
By: Josiah Osgood
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Oliver Cromwell
- Commander in Chief
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate. As the leader of one party, Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the center of events. In the second volume of his pioneering biography, Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell's career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power.
By: Ronald Hutton
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No Silent Night
- By: Leo Barron, Don Cygan
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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On Christmas Eve, the holiest of nights for the many Christian peoples of Europe, Adolf Hitler was unleashing the full fury of his remaining Luftwaffe bomber force on Bastogne. For hundreds of German and American soldiers facing off in the siege, the events of Christmas 1944 would destroy any sense of holiness and peace on Earth. For the soldiers on both sides, and for the brave people of Bastogne, this would be no silent night.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very detailed
- By Wendy Muckey on 09-06-22
By: Leo Barron, and others
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A Decade of Armageddon
- New Geography Essays
- By: Susanne Trimbath
- Narrated by: Susanne Trimbath
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This as-it-happened review of the causes, consequences, and repercussions of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis is more than a history lesson – it’s a look into the future.
By: Susanne Trimbath
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Boutwell
- Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy
- By: Jeffrey Boutwell
- Narrated by: Perry Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4
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During his seven-decade career in public life, George Sewall Boutwell sought to "redeem America's promise" of racial equality, economic equity, and the principled use of American power abroad. From 1840 to 1905, Boutwell was at the center of efforts to abolish slavery, establish the Republican Party, assist President Lincoln in funding the Union war effort, facilitate Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, impeach President Andrew Johnson, and frame and enact the Fourteenth and Fifteenth civil rights amendments.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting historical context, but . . .
- By Janis Biksa on 04-02-25
By: Jeffrey Boutwell
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Frederick Douglass
- A Novel
- By: Sidney Morrison
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 31 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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This portrayal of Douglass distinguishes him as one of the founders of American democracy instrumental in ending the institution of slavery from which he escapes to become a fierce abolitionist, gifted orator, and newspaper publisher of The North Star.
By: Sidney Morrison
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Debunking FDR
- The Man and the Myths
- By: Mary Grabar
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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The myths about Franklin Delano Roosevelt live on. For the left, FDR was a champion of the working class and the oppressed, suffering abuse as a “traitor to his class.” He gave up the lifestyle of the Hudson River gentry to lead his country out of the Depression and to victory against fascism. For many on the right, FDR was out of his depth on economics but provided Americans with the optimism and confidence necessary to prevail during the Depression and gain victory in World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The "Debunking" stood out the most
- By jay on 03-04-25
By: Mary Grabar
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The Nazi Mind
- Twelve Warnings from History
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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How could the SS have committed the crimes they did? How were the killers who shot Jews at close quarters able to perpetrate this horror? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly—often enthusiastically—oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In The Nazi Mind, bestselling historian Laurence Rees seeks answers to some of the most perplexing questions surrounding the Second World War and the Holocaust.
By: Laurence Rees
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- James F. Hannon
- 03-03-25
Intresting
Well written History about the seven Nazi leaders that History forgot about and their life in prison.
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