Is Adolf Hitler a Maniac? (1939)

First Edition of Is Adolf Hitler a Maniac?: The Truth About the Terror of Hitlerism, 1939 Haldeman-Julius, E. Is Adolf Hitler a Maniac? The Truth About the Terror of Hitlerism. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1939. 16mo. Softcover. 1st Edition. First edition of this pocket-size essay structured as a Q&A about Hitler, in original printed wrappers. Philadelphia-born socialist Emanuel Julius moved to Kansas as an adult and committed himself to the cause. With experience at a number of newspapers, Julius was well situated to begin his own publishing empire. He achieved his goal with the collaboration of his wife, Marcet Haldeman (Julius, much ahead of his time, hyphenated his surname upon marriage). Beginning in 1919, the Haldeman-Juliuses began publishing pocket pamphlets at affordable prices. While they originally began with literature, they soon moved on to more politically driven titles like this one. Though Is Adolf Hitler a Maniac? contains occasional sarcasm and hu