Why did hitler start ww2

Chancellor of Germany

The historiography of Adolf Hitler deals with the academic studies of Adolf Hitler from the s to the present. In , a German editor said there were , studies of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Since then many more have appeared, with many of them decisively shaping the historiography regarding Hitler.^[1]

Early major biographies and historiographical disputes

Konrad Heiden

The first important biography was written in exile in Switzerland by Konrad Heiden (), Hitler: A Biography (2 vol Zürich, –); an English version appeared as Der Führer – Hitler's Rise to Power (). Heiden was a journalist for a liberal newspaper who witnessed Hitler's rise to power firsthand, and fled to exile when he realized that he was a target of the regime (he managed to escape the Gestapo). In his introduction Heiden wrote "the 'hero' of this book is neither a superman nor a puppet. He is a very interesting contemporary and, viewed quant