Describes events leading up to Hitler's rise to power.

"The last chapter and part of the chapter before the last have been translated by Norbert Guterman."--Preface. Includes index.

The protocols of the Wise Men of Zion -- The armed intellectuals -- 'He is both terrible and banal' -- Hitler finds his home -- The burning heavens are reflected in a mud puddle -- 'Aryans of all nations, unite' -- The death of money -- War in the Ruhr -- The beer hall putsch -- Interlude -- The age of gold -- 'Few flames burn in Germany' -- 'The uprooted and disinherited' -- First triumph -- 'The unhappiest of all men' -- 'Adolphe légalité' -- 'Now I have them in my pocket!' -- Defeat -- Hindenburg's stick -- The race with catastrophe -- Chancellor at last -- The Reichstag fire -- Coup d'état by installments -- Conquest by peace -- Hitler versus national socialism -- Other people's money -- 'France is to blame' -- The blood purge.