In Hitler's First War, award-winning author Thomas Weber delivers a master work
of history--a major revision of our understanding of Hitler's life. Weber paints
a group portrait of the List Regiment, Hitler's unit during World War I, to
rewrite the story of his military service. Drawing on deep and imaginative
research, Weber refutes the story crafted by Hitler himself, and so challenges
the historical argument that the war led naturally to Nazism. Contrary to myth,
the regiment consisted largely of conscripts, not enthusiastic volunteers.
Hitler served with scores of Jews, including noted artist Albert Weisberger, who
proved more heroic, and popular, than the future Fuhrer. Indeed, Weber