Louis Leo Snyder

Louis Leo Snyder (1907-1993) was an American historian and author who authored over 60 books on German nationalism, Nazism, and the Third Reich, including notable works such as Hitlerism: The Iron Fist in Germany (1932), Encyclopedia of the Third Reich (1976), and Roots of German Nationalism (1978).com. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, he earned a doctorate from the University of Frankfurt, taught for 44 years at City College of New York, and was among the first to publish the complete NSDAP program in English while predicting Hitler's rise to power. No major literary awards are noted in sources.