Swansong 1945
a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich
First American edition.
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Author
Publication
2015 - W.W. Norton & Company, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
119,750 words, Guess
Page Count
479 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveswansong1945coll0000unse
- ISBN-100393248151
- ISBN-139780393248159
- Library of Congress Control Number2015001849
- OCLC Control Number891611159
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780393248159
- Open LibraryOL26884670M
Classifications
- DDC940.54/81
- DDC940.5343
- LCCD811.A2 E3313 2015
and 1 more
- LCCD811.A2E3313 2015
Description
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, 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, an extraordinary account of suffering and survival.--From publisher description. Contains primary source documents.
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