Hitler's Turncoat Tutor

Benjamin Ziemann examines the enigma of Karl Mayr, the reclusive army officer who nurtured Adolf Hitler’s early political career.

Benjamin Ziemann | Published in History Today Volume 63 Issue 1 January 2013

Karl Mayr in uniform seen to the left of Minister of Defence Gustav Norske at the entrance to Munich's Hotel Continental, August 1919. AKG Images

To read this article in full you need to be either a print + archive subscriber, or else have purchased access to the online archive.

If you are already a subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. 

Buy Subscription | Buy Online Access | Log In

If you are logged in and still cannot read the article, please email digital@historytoday.com.

Get Miscellanies, our free weekly long read, in your inbox every week
X

POPULAR ARTICLES
A portrait depicting the Elgin Marbles in a temporary Elgin Room at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee and visitors, 1819
Do historical objects belong in their country of origin?
Occupying British troops march past the Nusretiye mosque in Istanbul in 1920, as the Ottoman Empire collapses.
Back to the Balkans
Boys just want to have fun: February scene from the Trivulzio tapestry, by Benedetto da Milano, after a design by Bramantino, Milan, 1504-9.
Hoes before Bros
A woman swimming in the sea in Margate, Kent, Thomas Rowlandson, c.1800.
How Europe Learnt to Swim