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Title: Hitler's Elite: Shocking Profiles of the Reich's Most Notorious Henchmen by Louis L. Snyder ISBN: 0-425-12449-5 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (5 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: ADEQUATE AT BEST
Comment: If one is looking for a quick book on the top villians of the Nazi regime, and does not care for anything more than a few facts and figures here and there, than this book is fine. Snyder does indeed tell us about the lives and times of Hitler's henchman. Sadly, though, the characters never come alive and one is likely to finish the book feeling dissapointed. Avid readers should look to other sources. In one area I also took issue with Snyder. Again and again he argues that these Nazis were guided by blind obedience to Hitler. Whatever Hitler wanted, so did they. But is this accurate? Was Goering blindly obedient when he leaked information about Barbarosa to the world? Was Himmler in negotiating with the allies in 1945? Certainly not Hess, who humiliated Hitler by flying to Britain in May of 1941. In the end I believe only Goebbles could be said to have been blindly obedient.

Rating: 3
Summary: sensationalized, but contains good information anyway
Comment: While you can tell that this is a mass-market paperback (the type found in the 'true crime' section rather than the 'history' section) by its unapologetically emotional tone, there are still good reasons to use it as a quick reference.

The motivations, thoughts and attitudes attributed to the characters here should generally be checked before accepting as fact, but the basic events they were involved in are mostly accurate enough. A particular gem is the inclusion of the sentencing statement of the Israeli judge who sent Eichmann to the gallows, which I have since quoted a number of times for its eloquence and reason. Recommended with the above caveats.

Rating: 2
Summary: A mixture of facts and sensationalism.
Comment: There are some interesting moments and information presented in this book, such as most of the Nazi inner circle had high IQ's. However, the overall tone of the book is not historical, rather it is biased towards the author's viewpoints and sensationalized. Any good historical work should present just the facts, no matter how notorious the subject(s) happen to be without any spin to grab book sales. Snyder should have read John Toland's "Hitler" before undertaking this work.