How long does it take to read The Order of the Death's Head?
Heinz Höhne
The Order of the Death's Head by Heinz Höhne takes about 12 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 12 hours 1 minute
A week or two of reading
First published 1967. 655 pages, about 180,125 words.
25 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 20 hours 1 minute |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 12 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 30 minutes |
The page count is the median across 26 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The SS was the terror of Europe. Swearing eternal allegiance to Adolf Hitler, it infiltrated every aspect of German life and was responsible for the deaths of millions. This gripping history recounts the strange and, at times, absurd true story of Hitler's SS. It exposes an organization that was not directed by some devilishly efficient system but was the product of accident, inevitability, and the random convergence of criminals, social climbers, and romantics. Above all, this eye-opening book describes in fascinating detail the chaotic political conditions that allowed the SS-despite rivalries and bizarre conditions-to assume and exercise unaccountable power.
Subjects: History, National socialism, Politics and government, Schutzstaffel, Germany, history, military
