Lothar Machtan
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Lothar Machtan Ph.D., (born 1949) is a German historian, author and professor of Modern and Current History at University of Bremen. He earned a PhD in 1978 and became a university professor in 1989. For close to thirty years, Dr. Machtan has researched German history, politics, and socioeconomics. His writings have been featured in newspapers and magazines such as Der Spiegel as well as on radio broadcasts. He has been a guest lecturer at international conferences and symposia and has been a consultant for German feature films such as Varzin - Warcino - An Uncomfortable Legacy. In the United States, he has been a featured guest on NBC's The Today Show as well The Early Show on CBS.
The author of several books and numerous publications on the social and political history of the 19th and 20th centuries, in 1998 Professor Machtan published the acclaimed Bismarcks Tod und Deutschlands Tränen (Bismarck's Death and Germany's Tears). In 2001, he published Hitler's Geheimnis: Das Doppelleben eines Diktators with an English translation by John Brownjohn entitled The Hidden Hitler. In it, Professor Machtan presents a documented study of what he purports to be Adolf Hitler's alleged homosexuality (see Hitler's sexuality) and the impact of this upon his life and career.
In discussing his book, the Washington Post [1] reported that Professor Machtan told their interviewer that his research showed that some of Hitler's homosexual friends in Munich were the ones who opened many important doors for him, especially Ernst Röhm, Dietrich Eckart, and Ernst Hanfstaengl. Machtan told the newspaper that "without their help he [Hitler] would not have had the support that he got from bourgeois circles and even from intellectuals and artists.
In 2004, a documentary film was made based on The Hidden Hitler. Aired by HBO's CINEMAX Reel Life, it follows Machtan as he travels around Germany to the places of Hitler's youth and explains his thesis and evidence.
Professor Machtan's book, Der Kaisersohn bei Hitler, was released in March 2006.
His latest book is Die Abdankung: Wie Deutschlands gekrönte Häupter aus der Geschichte fielen (The abdication - How Germany's crowned heads fell apart history) which was published in October 2008.
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- Lothar Machtan authorized his book "The Hidden Hitler" to be scanned in full by Amazon.com [2] to facilitate search referencing.
- The Washington Post
- Review of Die Abdankung by count Alexander v. Löwen (Germ.)
