End of a Berlin diary / William L. Shirer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirer, William L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RosettaBooks, 2016.

Summary:

"A vivid and unforgettable word picture of the destruction of Nazi Germany" ( The New York Times ). A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R.Murrow at CBS, William L.Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s. It was in 1940, when he was still virtually unknown, that Shirer wondered whether his eyewitness account of the collapse of the world around Nazi Germany could be of any interest or value as a book. Shirer's Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, appeared in 1941. The book was an instant success-and would not be the last of his expert observations on Europe. Shirer returned to the European front in 1944 to cover the end of the war. As the smoke cleared, Shirer-who watched the birth of a monster that threatened to engulf the world-now stood witness to the death of the Third Reich. End of a Berlin Diary chronicles this year-long study of Germany after Hitler. Through a combination of Shirer's lucid, honest reporting, along with passages on the Nuremberg trials, copies of captured Nazi documents, and an eyewitness account of Hitler's last days, Shirer provides insight into the unrest, the weariness, and the tentative steps world leaders took towards peace.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Part I Beginning of the Peace

July 20, 1944-September 29, 1944

October 6, 1944-November 6, 1944

November 7, 1944-December 8, 1944

December 9, 1944-January 28, 1945

February 12, 1945-March 9, 1945

April 2, 1945-May 2, 1945

May 3, 1945-June 3, 1945

June 6, 1945-July 5, 1945

July 9, 1945-August 5, 1945

August 6, 1945-August 29, 1945

Part II End of a Berlin Diary

October 1, 1945-October 29, 1945

November 3, 1945-November 5, 1945

November 6, 1945-November 9, 1945

November 10, 1945-November 13, 1945

November 14, 1945

November 15, 1945-November 19, 1945

November 20, 1945-November 23, 1945

November 25, 1945-November 29, 1945

December 1, 1945-December 4, 1945

December 5, 1945-December 9, 1945

Postscript

Endnotes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780795349584

0795349580

OCLC:

1051140521