Wives of the Nazis - Women at the top of Hitler's Germany

This book is a fascinating insight into the personal lives, psychological profiles and marriages of the women of Hitler's superiors. Göring, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Heß, Bormann - names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. We will be less familiar with names like Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margaret, Lina, Ilse and Gerda... Up until now they have been seen as secondary characters, their importance was neglected and it seemed as if they knew nothing about the murderous deeds of their husbands , even though the evidence was all around them: stolen artwork in the rooms of their homes, slave labor and concentration camp-grown produce on the dining room tables…