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Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary Of The Last Days Of The Third Reich

Door Walter Kempowski

Categorie
WO II
Boeknummer
#412792-XX3
Titel
Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary Of The Last Days Of The Third Reich
Auteur
Kempowski, Walter
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Washington, DC : National Geographic Books
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
0393248151
ISBN13
9780393248159
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
A monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before. Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8. Side by side, we encounter vivid, first-person accounts of civilians fleeing Berlin, ordinary German soldiers determined to fight to the bitter end, American POWs dreaming of home, concentration-camp survivors' first descriptions of their horrific experiences, as well as the intimate thoughts of figures such as Eisenhower, Churchill, Stalin, Joseph Goebbels... (Lees verder), and Hitler himself. These firsthand accounts, painstakingly collected and organized by renowned German author Walter Kempowski, provide the raw material of history and present a panoramic view of those tumultuous days. The more than 1,000 extracts include a British soldier writing to his parents to tell them there are no baths but plenty of eggs and chocolate, an American soldier describing “the tremendous burst of lilacs” as he approaches the Elbe, Mussolini wishing Hitler a happy birthday, Eva Braun bragging to a girlfriend about what a “crack shot” she's become, and much more. An extraordinary account of suffering and survival, Swansong 1945 brings to life the end of Nazi Germany and the war in Europe.
Pagina's
479
Conditie
Goed — Edges dust jacket slightly worn.
Prijs
€ 17,50

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