FROM THE NIGHT DEPOSITS LIBRARY

Few people know that Adolf Hitler had a pop music band during the heyday of Swinging Deutschland, and that while they were filming their first musical-comedy romp, "I'll Take Poland," Adolf also found the time to put a out a book of his whimsical writings and drawings.

One critic called it "a cross between James Thurber and Vlad the Impaler," moments before facing the firing squad.