Nazi Wives: The Women at the Top of Hitler’s Germany

The story of the leading Nazi wives and their experience of the rise and fall of Nazism, from its beginnings to its post-war twilight of denial and delusion. Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann
names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margarete, Lina, Ilse and Gerda… These are the women behind these infamous men
complex individuals with distinctive personalities who, as they fell under Hitler’s spell, were drawn deeper and deeper into a perverse version of reality. In ‘Nazi Wives’ James Wyllie skilfully interweaves their stories, exploring their roles in detail for the first time against a backdrop of the rise and fall of Nazism and in the context of the aftermath, notable for the resolute lack of contrition from those wives who survived. AUTHOR: James Wyllie is an author, award-winning screenwriter and broadcaster. He is the author of ‘Goering and Goering’ and ‘The Codebreakers: the True Story of the Secret Intelligence Team That Changed the Course of the First World War’ (Ebury). He has worked on numerous films for the BBC and Film4 and has written for a number of TV drama series. 15 illustrations