The Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Life of Franz Von Papen

By Richard W. Rolfs

This is a critical study of a man who helped Hitler into power and continued to serve him until the very end of the Third Reich. The book argues that other biographies of Franz von Papen have failed to portray a complete account of his life. This book, going beyond offering a mere profile of von Papen's peronality, gives a critical examination of his life and the effects that his errors in judgement had upon his world. The author studies how von Papen's exaggerated sense of duty to the Fatherland blinded him to the consequences of his service to the Nazis and made it impossible for him to ever fully break his association with the Hitler regime. The book, with many pictures and offering much descriptive detail, should appeal to scholars in the field of modern German history. It should also serve as a valuable reference source in any college course on Nazi Germany and should also be useful in any college or university library. At the same time, anyone interested in German history from 1933 to 1945 should appreciate this study.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761801626
• ISBN13: 9780761801627
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 484 Pages