ATATÜRK IN THE NAZI IMAGINATION
Stefan Ihrig
(Belknap Press/Harvard University Press)
Monday, May 4, 2015
Chair:
Prof. Gabriel Motzkin
Director, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Book presentation by the author:
Dr. Stefan Ihrig
Polonsky Fellow, The Van Leer Jerusalem InstituteGa
Commentary by:
Prof. Moshe Zimmermann
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Early in his career, Adolf Hitler took inspiration from Benito Mussolini, his senior colleague in fascism—this fact is widely known. But an equally important role model for Hitler and the Nazis has been almost entirely neglected: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey. Stefan Ihrig’s compelling presentation of this untold story promises to rewrite our understanding of the roots of Nazi ideology and strategy. (Harvard University Press)