*Contains 19 biographies of Hitler's most notorious collaborators *Masterfully written for a popular audience *Author is one of the world's leading experts on the Third Reich Adolf Hitler spawned a breed of notorious henchmen who made sure that the theoretical evil poured out in Mein Kampf became a reality. By turning the spotlight on the lives and actions of these nineteen members of the Nazi elite, renowned Third Reich expert and Columbia University Emeritus Professor of History Louis L. Snyder shows exactly how it was possible. Through the biographical sketches of Hitler's key subordinates--including Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Hess, Auschwitz Doctor Joseph Mengele, Martin Bormann, Jospeh Goebbels, and more--readers can begin to understand how Hitler's ideas and desires became real beyond all imagining.