Hitler Is No Fool (1939)

"Probably No One Is More Surprised at Hitler's Success Than the Fuhrer Himself" Paul Massing, under the pseudonym Billinger, Karl. Hitler Is No Fool. New York: Modern Age, 1939. Octavo. Paper Wrappers. 1st Edition. First edition of this expose about Hitler's state of mind and his intentions for Nazi Germany by a German exile and Soviet spy. The author of this work, Karl Billinger, was a committed communist who, along with a number of like-minded Germans, saw adapted Marxism as a solution to the ills of Germany. However, he became somewhat disillusioned during his time in the Soviet Union and returned to his native Germany in the early 1930s. At the time, communists were one of the Nazis' first targets and Massing was arrested by the Gestapo for his affiliation with the illegal M Section. Massing was thrown in Oranienberg concentration camp. There, Massing was brutally beaten and saw the worst of the Nazi's plans for those who dissented. He was released during an amnesty action followin