The Women Who Flew for Hitler

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Clare Mulley

Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous, and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany With the war, both became pioneering test pilots and were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich But they could not have been different and neither woman had a good word to say for the other.Hanna was middle class, vivacious, and distinctly Aryan, while the darker, self effacing Melitta came from an aristocratic Prussian family Both were driven by deeply held convictions about honor and patriotism but ultimately, while Hanna tried to save Hitler s life, begging him to let her fly him to safety in April 1945, Melitta covertly supported the most famous attempt to assassinate the Fuhrer Their interwoven lives provide vivid insight into Nazi Germany and its attitudes toward women, class, and race.Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley gets under the skin of these two distinctive and unconventional women, giving a full and as yet largely unknown account of their contrasting yet strangely parallel lives, against a changing backdrop of the 1936 Olympics, the Eastern Front, the Berlin Air Club, and Hitler s bunker Told with brio and great narrative flair, The Women Who Flew for Hitler is an extraordinary true story, with all the excitement and color of the best fiction. Download The Women Who Flew for Hitler – kino-fada.fr This is a duel biography of two women aviators, Hanna Reitsch 1912 1979 and Countess Melitta Schiller Schenk Gafin von Stauffenberg 1903 1945 Hanna had Aryan looks and Melitta was a brunette from Prussian aristocracy These women became brilliant pilots in the 1930s when few women were allowed to fly.Hanna was a supporter of Hitler s new regime and lent her image to a series of publicity articles and collectibles She dropped out of medical school to pursue flying She became a test pilot a This is a duel biography of two women aviators, Hanna Reitsch 1912 1979 and Countess Melitta Schiller Schenk Gafin von Stauffenberg 1903 1945 Hanna had Aryan looks and Melitta was a brunette from Prussian aristocracy These women became brilliant pilots in the 1930s when few women were allowed to fly.Hanna was a supporter of Hitler s new regime and lent her image to a series of publicity articles and collectibles She dropped out of medical school to pursue flying She became a test pilot and also flew the famous ME163 rocket plane and w...I was most attracted to this book by its resume It actually made me think now this is a movie I want to see Keen to discoverabout these two extraordinary Germans flying ladies and their rivalry I dived in It s a very thorough research about their lives, achievements and political points of view during the Second World War It s therefore very interesting on a historical point of view and very well written Unfortunately both characters, though extraordinary for their times, remain a I was most attracted to this book by its resume It actually made me think now this is a movie I want to see Keen to discoverabout these two extraordinary Germans flying ladies and their rivalry I dived in It s a very thorough research about their lives, achievements and political points of view during the Second World War It s therefore very interesting on a historical point of view and very well written Unfortunately both characters,...This was a very interesting story, one I wasn t aware of until I saw it on a library shelf There were a few points where my interest waned, and others that were very difficult to read, given the atrocities...This is a splendid book about the role of two exceptional woman aviators during the aftermath of WWI and the oncoming disaster of Germany s actions in WWII Hanna Reitsch was a middle class, vivacious Aryan and her flying was mostly in gliders She loved to soar, enjoying the quiet and freedom She once flew a Dornier aircraft with wheel fenders having sharp edges She flew this plane against some balloons and cut their metal cables with the fenders Hanna was not afraid to stand up to Nazi big This is a splendid book about the role of two exceptional woman aviators during the aftermath of WWI and the oncoming disaster of Germany s actions in WWII Hanna Reitsch was a middle class, vivacious Aryan and her flying was mostly in gliders She loved to soar, enjoying the quiet and freedom She once flew a Dornier aircraft with wheel fenders having sharp edges She flew this plane against some balloons and cut their metal cables with the fenders Hanna was not afraid to stand up to Nazi bigwigs She once had a private talk with Himmler in his study and criticized his views of women and ma...Details the lives of the only two females who persevered through Germany s machismo and were able to get licensed as pilots and grudgingly permitted to fly in World War II, though not as military.They were 1 Melitta Schenk Gr fin von Stauffenberg, Born Jan 09, 1903 Krotoszyn, Poland, Died Apr 08, 1945 Stra kirchen, Germanyand 2 Hanna Reitsch, Born 29 March 1912, Silesia, Jelenia G ra, Poland , Died 24 August 1979, Frankfurt am Main, West GermanyBecause Hanna was 9 years younger but eac Details the lives of the only two females who persevered through Germany s machismo and were able to get licensed as pilots and grudgingly permitted to fly in World War II, though not as military.They were 1 Melitta Schenk Gr fin von Stauffenberg, Born Jan 09, 1903 Krotoszyn, Poland, Died Apr 08, 1945 Stra kirchen, Germanya...Beautifully written and engrossing biographies of 2 amazing women.Great dual biographyThis dual biography is excellent, really well balanced and researched I had never heard of Melitta von Stauffenberg before She was truly amazing Part Jewish, but she tests and flies military planes in Nazi Germany She had a strong sense of family, and was so resourceful She helped keep many of her in laws and such alive when they were in concentration camps Her resourcefulness and willingness to take action is striking.I ve read about Hanna Rietsch in a number of books Great dual biographyThis dual biography is excellent, really well balanced and resea...What an eyeopener twodiametrically different women would be hard to imagine.Hanna Reitch shows the effect of a meglamanic can achieve Melitta von Stauffenberg or Grafinone of the most courageous women in the Third ReichRead this book It has a beautifully written and composed narrative It is well researched and it provides citations one would be surprised how many history books do not use footnotes or endnotes.I was lucky enough to meet the author at a literary festival where she spoke about this book Her enthusiasm for the topic and the fascinating insights she gave drew me to read this a book I wouldn t usually be drawn to It is hard to read about the atrocities of war and the views held by the Nazi party, yet there are also moments of peace, love and domesticity The dual biography allows the impressive lives of these two incredibly different women to also encompass their families and friends I was lucky enough to meet the author at a literary festival where she spoke about this book Her enthusiasm for the topic and the fascinating insights she gave drew me to read this a book I wouldn t usually be drawn to It is hard to read about the atrocities of war and the views held by the Nazi party, yet there are also moments of peace, love and domesticity The dual biography allows the impressi...

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11 January 2017

Clare Mulley