Books by Benjamin Carter Hett

A dramatic new account of the Reichstag fire and the origins of the Nazi rise to power

From Alexanderplatz, the bustling Berlin square, to Moabit, site of the city's most feared prison, this book illuminates the culture of criminal justice in late imperial Germany. Hett explores the individuals who inhabited this world and examines how the law reflected the broader urban culture and politics of a rapidly changing city.