- Lothar Machtan
Lothar Machtan
Ph.D. , (born 1949) is a Germanhistorian ,author , and professor of Modern and Current History atUniversity of Bremen . He earned a PhD in 1978 and became a university professor in 1989. For close to thirty years, Dr. Machtan has researched German history, politics, andsocioeconomics . His writings have been featured in newspapers and magazines such as "Der Spiegel " as well as onradio broadcasts. He has been a guest lecturer at international conferences and symposia and has been a consultant for German feature films such as "Varzin - Warcino - An Uncomfortable Legacy". In theUnited States , he has been a featured guest onNBC 's "The Today Show" as well "The Early Show " onCBS .The author of several books and numerous publications on the social and political history of the 19th and 20th centuries, in 1998 Professor Machtan published the acclaimed "Bismarcks Tod und Deutschlands Tränen" ("Bismarck's Death and Germany's Tears"). In 2001, he published "Hitler's Geheimnis: Das Doppelleben eines Diktators" with an English translation by John Brownjohn entitled "
The Hidden Hitler ". In it, Professor Machtan presents a documented study of what he purports to beAdolf Hitler 's allegedhomosexuality (seeHitler's sexuality ) and the impact of this upon his life and career.In discussing his book, the "
Washington Post " [http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/author_machtan1017.htm] reported that Professor Machtan told their interviewer that his research showed that some of Hitler's homosexual friends in Munich were the ones who opened many important doors for him, especiallyErnst Röhm ,Dietrich Eckart , andErnst Hanfstaengl . Machtan told the newspaper that "without their help he [Hitler] would not have had the support that he got frombourgeois circles and even fromintellectual s andartist s.In 2004, a
documentary film was made based on "The Hidden Hitler". Aired by HBO's CINEMAX Reel Life, it follows Machtan as he travels around Germany to the places of Hitler's youth and explains his thesis and evidence.Professor Machtan's latest book, "Der Kaisersohn bei Hitler", was released in March 2006.
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List of Adolf Hitler books External links
* Lothar Machtan authorized his book "
The Hidden Hitler " to be scanned in full by Amazon.com [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465043089] to facilitate search referencing.
* [http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/author_machtan1017.htm The Washington Post]
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