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Dublin Nazi No. 1: The Life of Adolph Mahr
Dublin Nazi No 1 The Life of Adolph Mahr Author:Gerry Mullins, Gerry Mullins In the 1930s, Dr Adolf Mahr was a brilliant archaeologist and the head of the National Museum of Ireland. He also happened to be the head of the Nazi Party in Ireland, and was dubbed `Dublin Nazi No. 1'. Although he left for Germany shortly before the outbreak of war in 1939, to this day, he is considered by some to have been a spy who used his ... more »position to help prepare Germany's invasion of Ireland. During the war, he became director of a German propaganda radio service that broadcast into neutral Ireland. After being arrested and tortured by the British, he attempted to return to Ireland but was denied. He remains one of the most controversial figures in twentieth-century Irish history. The book also tells the story of Adolf's eldest daughter Hilde, who had been a member of Hitler Youth in Ireland before being trapped in Germany when the war began.« less