No dictator can effectively govern a nation on his own. This was certainly the case with Adolf Hitler, who had little time for or interest in the day-to-day regional administration of the Nazi Party. For that purpose, he appointed his most loyal, charismatic, and brutal subordinates: The Little Hitlers , officially known as Gauleiters. In this third volume of a series begun in 2012, Michael Miller and Andreas Schulz present, in meticulous detail, the lives, careers, and crimes of 37 such m...

An unswervingly loyal, highly disciplined militant force is as essential to the establishment and maintenance of a dictatorship as the dictator himself. Many factors contributed to the emergence of the Third Reich, and prominent among them were the actions of Hitler’s earliest paramilitary force, the Sturmabteilungen (SA, Storm Troops), and the men chosen by the Führer to lead it. Although Hitler ultimately culled the SA of its most revolutionary elements, there remained within it and the ...

What if the shortest path is a double curve?This book celebrates the productive side-glance: the quiet resistance of the everyday, the cheerful reordering of things, and the "aha" moment waiting just around the next bend. Instead of grand theories, these stories offer small shifts in perspective that open new doors—focusing on attitude rather than recipes, on awareness rather than alarm.It is a collection where order and chance find a way to cooperate. Every...

Have you ever noticed how trains run more smoothly the moment onboard bistro runs out of coffee? Or how your carbon footprint suddenly goes feral—just because you dared to check a suitcase?In Double Curve (Volume 2), Andreas Schulz takes you on a tour through the absurdities of modern mobility. Meet a train driver who sacrifices the timetable for a cigarette—and accidentally becomes a hero. Join a couple on a cruise that goes slightly differently than advertised… a...