Dr Baijayanti Roy studied modern Indian and modern European history at the University of Calcutta in India. She received her PhD from the Goethe University, Frankfurt. Her dissertation has been published as a monograph, titled The making of a Gentleman Nazi: Albert Speer`s Politics of History in the Federal Republic of Germany. She is currently affiliated to the History Department of the Goethe University. She has published widely and spoken on different subjects including Nazi Germany, Hindu nationalism, the history of German Indology as well as aspects of the historical relationship between Germany and India.

Roy's book is a brilliant piece of scholarship, indispensable for any study of the connections between British India and Nazi Germany, specifically Nazi Germany's efforts to influence Indian public opinion.

• Introduction 1: India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie 2: Special Department India (Sonderreferat Indien) of the German Foreign Ministry 3: 'Political Knowledge' of India in Berlin 4: 'India Experts' and the Indian Legion Conclusion

Dr Baijayanti Roy studied modern Indian and modern European history at the University of Calcutta in India. She received her PhD from the Goethe University, Frankfurt. Her dissertation has been published as a monograph, titled The making of a Gentleman Nazi: Albert Speer`s Politics of History in the Federal Republic of Germany. She is currently affiliated to the History Department of the Goethe University. She has published widely and spoken on different subjects including Nazi Germany, Hindu nationalism, the history of German Indology as well as aspects of the historical relationship between Germany and India.

Roy's book is a brilliant piece of scholarship, indispensable for any study of the connections between British India and Nazi Germany, specifically Nazi Germany's efforts to influence Indian public opinion.

• Introduction 1: India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie 2: Special Department India (Sonderreferat Indien) of the German Foreign Ministry 3: 'Political Knowledge' of India in Berlin 4: 'India Experts' and the Indian Legion Conclusion

Dr Baijayanti Roy studied modern Indian and modern European history at the University of Calcutta in India. She received her PhD from the Goethe University, Frankfurt. Her dissertation has been published as a monograph, titled The making of a Gentleman Nazi: Albert Speer`s Politics of History in the Federal Republic of Germany. She is currently affiliated to the History Department of the Goethe University. She has published widely and spoken on different subjects including Nazi Germany, Hindu nationalism, the history of German Indology as well as aspects of the historical relationship between Germany and India.

Roy's book is a brilliant piece of scholarship, indispensable for any study of the connections between British India and Nazi Germany, specifically Nazi Germany's efforts to influence Indian public opinion.

• Introduction 1: India Institute of the Deutsche Akademie 2: Special Department India (Sonderreferat Indien) of the German Foreign Ministry 3: 'Political Knowledge' of India in Berlin 4: 'India Experts' and the Indian Legion Conclusion