Cambridge Third Age Learning: Friendship, Power, and the Making of Hitler
Oct 30, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cambridge Public Library (Old Post Office)
12 Water St S, Cambridge, ON N1R 3C5, Canada
Free with registration
Organized by Cambridge Public Library (Old Post Office)
Explore how Hitler’s rise took shape through friendship, rivalry, and ambition in 1920s Munich.
Historian Gary Bruce provides a gripping, archival-driven look at how the Nazi rise to power was shaped less by fate and more by the combustible personal dynamics at its center. Bruce reveals the volatile, intimate relationships between Hitler, Hermann Göring, and Ernst Röhm—where loyalty, rivalry, and ambition worked together to steer the regime’s earliest direction. Through the uncertain Munich years and into Hitler’s first year as chancellor, you’ll understand how these relationships helped set the course for one of history’s darkest turning points.
About the speaker
Gary Bruce holds a PhD in Modern German History from McGill University. A professor of history for over twenty years at the University of Waterloo, he is the author of three books and numerous articles on various aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century Germany. His current project deals with the relationship between Hitler and Röhm as the central aspect of Night of the Long Knives. When not reading about German history, he can be found on his bicycle...