Grover Gardner rocks

Very repetitive. Not many new elements.
Chapters 6, 7, 9 and 10 are better.
Contents: ideal for Senior High School or first year Uni students who don’t know much about WW2 and the monster Hitler.
Very good performance by Grover Gardner, though he mispronounces many German names (same flaw in his excellent reading of “The Kindly Ones” by Jonathan Littell (also available on Audible). I learned much more in Littell’s novel (trigger warning for the sensitive readers: the protagonist is a sexual pervert) than in this book.
All in all, I kept listening for Grover Gardner.

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Got it Because of Grover

I wasn’t sure whether or not to get this book, then I saw that the narrator was Grover Gardner. I bought it immediately. I’d pay to hear Grover read the phone book. He’s the best in the business. Great book too. Very interesting.

Very listenable but some very basic errors

Within 20 min the author erroneously calls Hitlers beloved dog Trudie instead of Blondie. (Trudyl is the name of one of Hitlers’ secretaries.) Also he claims Hitlers’ birthday is August 20th (it’s April 20th). So although this book so far has been very listenable I can’t commit to it since he might have other facts wrong if he blunders on these basic things. I’m not a historian, just interested in the Nazis because - who would do such a thing???? Really. Did an entire country lose their collective minds???? So in most other introductions April 20th and Blondie are mentioned frequently.

This was interesting and I learned a lot!

This was interesting and I learned a lot! At times it was overwhelming because there was so much data collected & shared.Then I calmed down & kept reading. It did unfold in an organized way and I did enjoy finishing the book. The research was well done!

Definitive Demise of Der Fuhrer.

First of all, the narrator is the best ever. Excellent pronunciation of German words and overall delivery is concise. In depth research by the author lays to rest any doubts about the death and remains of a ghoulish monster known as Hitler.

Very good and yet concise!

This is a very interesting book dealing with the history of the end days of Hitler and the Third Reich.

Very informative

Being someone who has taken a shine to history this was a really awesome book to read through, as it gives both sides of all stories involved. Thoroughly enjoyed it

Very informative didn't seem too biased

Regardless regardless Grover Gardner is one of my absolute favorite narrators raiders in fact, I listen to this book because he narrated it

Misleading title

Title leads you to believe this book will spend most of its page count going into the details of Hitler's death and the mystery of his disappeared corpse. Not so at all - - the author felt it necessary to flesh out a miniature "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" combined with a biography of Hitler and a deep-dive into the 20 July conspiracy (and every other conspiracy to kill Hitler) before getting into Hitler's final days toward the end of the sixth chapter.

When he finally addresses the main issue, the author dedicates a sizeable section to discussing and dismissing the contentions of other authors at length, most of whose suppositions are ludicrous on their face anyway. Fortunately, he wastes little time on each individual theory.

Initially, this book adds scant information to that presented in Trevor-Roper's 1947 masterwork on the subject. No significant alternative theories or explanations are offered. However, if you're the type who wants more than that tome offered and needs all the little details expanded (like me), then this book is for you. You'll just have to wait through all the preamble to hear the part you actually want. Eventually, the author chases down all remaining questions as to Soviet handling of bones and teeth purported to have been Hitler's and makes a definitive statement about his fate. As a bonus, the ends of several other missing Nazis are demystified.

Well read throughout, albeit slowly. I listened at 1.40 speed with ease.

Thanks to Audible for making this book available free of charge.

Nope

What a waste! This whole book is about slamming other authors. Show me DNA evidence of the teeth and you may have something. This case is not closed.