The Man who Crossed Hitler

In the summer of 1931 with Germany on the brink of economic collapse and the city of Berlin turning into a paramilitary warzone audacious young prosecutor Hans Litten Stoppard chose to summon a star witness to a trial of Nazi thugs In spite of the risk to his own safety and against the advice of those who love him Litten forced rising political star Adolf Hitler Hart to make a sensational appearance in the witness stand of Berlins central criminal court Litten aimed to expose the true character of Hitler and his politics to the German public to reveal his hypocrisy and his violent ambitions and in doing so halt the electoral success of the Nazi Party In a humiliating and hostile crossexamination Hitler was forced to account for his political beliefs his contempt for the law and his desire to destroy German democracy For a brief moment Hitlers political future was genuinely in the balance