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This exploration of the private wartime diary of Alfred RosenbergHitlers chief philosopher and architect of Nazi ideologyinterweaves the story of its recent discovery with the revelation of its never-before-published contents, which are contextualized by the authors: The result is a unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitlers post-invasion plans for Russia. A groundbreaking historical contribution, The Devils Diary is a chilling window into the mind of Adolf Hitlers chief social philosopher, Alfred Rosenberg, who formulated some of the guiding principles behind the Third Reichs genocidal crusade. It also chronicles the thrilling detective hunt for the diary, which disappeared after the Nuremburg Trials and remained lost for almost three quarters of a century, until Robert Wittman, a former FBI special agent who founded the Bureaus Art Crimes Team, played an important role and tells his story now for the first time. The authors expertly and deftly contextualize more than 400 pages of entries stretching from 1936 through 1944, in which the loyal Hitler advisor recounts internal meetings with the Frher and his close associates Hermann Gring and Heinrich Himmler describes the post-invasion occupation of the Soviet Union considers the solution to the Jewish question and discusses his overseeing of the mass seizure and cataloguing of books and artwork from homes, libraries, and museums across occupied Europe. An eyewitness to events, this narrative of Rosenbergs diary offers provocative and intimate insights into pivotal moments in the war and the notorious Nazi who laid the philosophical foundations of the Third Reich.