**A master cartoonist and veteran tells the life story of the man who
started the Second World War
**
Seventy years after his death, Adolf Hitler remains a mystery.
Historians, military tacticians, and psychologists have tried in vain to
unravel his complex motivations for leading Germany into the Holocaust
and World War II. With Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler, the manga-ka
(Kitaro, NonNonba, Showa: A History of Japan) delves deep into the
history books to create an absorbing and eloquent portrait of Hitler's
life.
Beginning with Hitler's time in Austria as a starving art student and
ending with a Germany in ruins, Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler retraces the
path Hitler took in life, coolly examining his charismatic appeal and
his calculated political maneuvering. The Munich Beer Putsch, Hitler's
ascent to chancellor, the sudden death of his half-niece Geli, the
Battle of Stalingrad, his relationship with Eva Braun, and his eventual
demise: all are given equal attention in this thorough and compelling
biography.
In Mizuki's signature style, which populates incredibly realistic
backgrounds with cartoony people, Japan's most famous living cartoonist
has created an overview of Hitler's life that is as fascinating as it is
informative.
