: Kershaw argues that Hitler himself was often an "unperson"—a political shell—who derived his immense power from the institutional structures and public "Hitler Myth" that Germans built around him. From Triumph to Annihilation
: As the tide turned after the 1942 attack on Russia, Kershaw describes Hitler’s retreat into a "personal fantasy," refusing to address the German people and eventually masterminding defeat from his underground headquarters. Critical Legacy Hitler 1936 1945 Ian Kershaw epub
: Kershaw scrupulously documents how the Holocaust was central to the Nazi war effort, evolving from vague "prophecies" of Jewish destruction into a systematic program of genocide driven by the regime's inherent radicalization. : Kershaw argues that Hitler himself was often