Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
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 figur…
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- ISBN: 978-0-393-24815-9
- EAN: 9780393248159
- Produktnummer: 22953440
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 512 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B16.3 cm x D4.8 cm 862 g
- Gewicht: 862
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Walter Kempowski (1929-2007) was one of Germany's most important postwar writers. In the 1980s he began gathering diaries, letters, and memoirs of World War II, which he edited into ten volumes published in German. Swansong 1945 is the first portion to appear in English.
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