The Nazi Seance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler's Circle - Couverture souple

Magida, Arthur J.

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9780230342040: The Nazi Seance: The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler's Circle

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ISBN 10 : 0230342043 ISBN 13 : 9780230342040

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

Erik Jan Hannussen, a popular Jewish stage magician and mentalist from Austria, wowed audiences and amassed a small fortune in the 1920s and 30s. Perhaps his greatest trick, however, was that of becoming Hitler's personal psychic and advisor, moving comfortably in Nazi circles for many years while hiding his Jewish heritage. But for all his supposed clairvoyance, he failed to see what awaited the Jews of Europe in the years ahead. Much too late, Hanussen realized that even he couldn't beat Mephistopheles at his own game. The story of Hannussen, of how he operated, and how he was eventually murdered, illuminates the character and proclivities of some of the men who would go on to destroy Europe. Fascinating and disturbing, The Devil's Prophet chronicles Hanussen's rise from obscurity to fame and his unusual powers that fascinated Europe and America before he came to the same tragic end that so many of his fellow Jews endured at the hands of the Nazis.

Biographie de l'auteur :

ARTHUR J. MAGIDA Writer-in-residence at the University of Baltimore, USA, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, USA. He has been a columnist for Beliefnet.com, a contributing correspondent to PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, senior editor of the Baltimore Jewish Times, environmental reporter for National Journal, and a writer and editor for Ralph Nader. He has received multiple Simon Rockower Awards from the American Jewish Press Association, A.D. Emmart Awards for writing on the humanities, and Smolar Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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