Book review: How philosopher who inspired Hitler and Mussolini came in from the cold

The story of Colli and Montinari’s efforts to produce a new, critical edition of Nietzsche’s writings, using the material deposited in Weimar, is a thrilling, many-sided piece of political and scholarly history

Philipp Felsch picture: Jan Single author of of How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold Professor of Cultural History at Humboldt University, Berlin

• How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold: Tale of a Redemption 
• Philipp Felsch 
• Polity, £25