Crossing Hitler

by Benjamin Carter Hett
published in 2008


Looking at just the title, “Crossing Hitler” is seeming to be a legal book. I judge books by their cover and title. This book, however, starts with a very descriptive bibliography of “the man who put the Nazis on the witness stand.” The author's purpose is to give readers a picture of Litten before revealing the actual plot of the book, presented in part two of the book, “Crossing Hitler.” The bibliography had a different effect on me. Instead, I became slowly more tired of the book. This is probably because of the influx of information that specified in only Han Litten's life. This information is not helpful to me because I just wanted to know about what happened, not so much the person who caused the event. That doesn't mean Litten is not a fascinating person, he is. Bibliographical details are just not as important as historical event details.