From 1941-44 a record was kept of Hitler's informal conversational monologues that usually took place at the meal table. The transcripts of these speeches were prepared for publication by Martin Bormann who believed that they would prove an invaluable record of the philosophy that lay behind the German conquests. These speeches cover a wide range of subjects, from Christianity to Wagner, from marriage to Stalin. According to Hugh Trevor-Roper, these talks clearly show the workings of Adolf Hitler's mind in all its coarseness, triviality and crudity and indicate how an array of arbitrary facts were compounded to form the basis of a rigid but powerful philosophy. A slightly different selection of speeches was originally published as "Hitlers Tischengesprache".
- ISBN10 1929631057
- ISBN13 9781929631056
- Publish Date 15 October 2000 (first published 28 June 1973)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Enigma Books
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 746
- Language English