Description: Further DetailsTitle: Swansong 1945Condition: NewFormat: HardbackEAN: 9780393248159Item Weight: 873gLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0393248151ISBN: 9780393248159Release Date: 04/28/2015Item Length: 168mmItem Height: 244mmType: HistoricalSubtitle: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third ReichPublisher: WW Norton & CoDescription: 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, 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USItem Width: 41mmAuthor: Walter KempowskiTranslator: Shaun WhitesideContributor: Shaun Whiteside (Translated by)Genre: BiographyTopic: History, Military HistoryRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Swansong 1945
Title: Swansong 1945
EAN: 9780393248159
ISBN-10: 0393248151
ISBN: 9780393248159
Release Date: 04/28/2015
Release Year: 2015
Type: Historical
Subtitle: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Translator: Shaun Whiteside
Contributor: Shaun Whiteside (Translated by)
Book Title: Swansong 1945 :A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Military / World War II, Europe / Germany
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 1.6 in
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 30.8 Oz
Author: Walter Kempowski
Item Length: 9.6 in
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Hardcover
