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A review by ralphz
The Nazi Séance by Arthur J. Magida
3.0
An interesting book but not what the title led me to believe.
I thought it was going to be about a psychic who conducted seances with and for Hitler, finding his way into the highest reaches of Nazidom.
But it was mainly the story of a charlatan in Germany, Europe and other places, how he became what he was, and how he tricked and turned on people.
He got close to one guy among the Nazis, the leader of the stormtroopers, and manipulated him. Finally, one day, he did a seance for another group, told of Hitler's victory, and, supposedly, let a few secrets out.
Next thing, he's arrested, and killed.
Not exactly earth-shaking, and not unexpected. He isn't a sympathetic character, because he was a Jew who turned a blind eye to all that was happening around him.
That's as close as he got to Hitler. A big letdown, to be honest.
I thought it was going to be about a psychic who conducted seances with and for Hitler, finding his way into the highest reaches of Nazidom.
But it was mainly the story of a charlatan in Germany, Europe and other places, how he became what he was, and how he tricked and turned on people.
He got close to one guy among the Nazis, the leader of the stormtroopers, and manipulated him. Finally, one day, he did a seance for another group, told of Hitler's victory, and, supposedly, let a few secrets out.
Next thing, he's arrested, and killed.
Not exactly earth-shaking, and not unexpected. He isn't a sympathetic character, because he was a Jew who turned a blind eye to all that was happening around him.
That's as close as he got to Hitler. A big letdown, to be honest.