Leningrad 1943 : inside a city under siege / by Alexander Werth ; introduction by Nicolas Werth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Werth, Alexander, 1901-1969, author.

Contributor:

Werth, Nicolas, 1950- writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Werth, Alexander, 1901-1969.

Werth, Alexander.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

Saint Petersburg (Russia)--History--Siege, 1941-1944.

Saint Petersburg (Russia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"The Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty and horror of World War II. From 1941-1945, the Eastern Front was the site of some of the bloodiest atrocities of the war and the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, proved to be a decisive point in the conflict. German policy was resolutely determined to redraw the map of Europe, annihilate the Soviet Union and give large areas of territory to Finland. Through Hitler's ambition to completely eradicate the city and its entire population, it was decided that the most efficient method of invasion was to encircle and bombard the city into submission. After 872 days of aggression, one and a half million people lost their lives, mostly from starvation. As the sole British correspondent to have been in Leningrad during the blockade, Alexander Werth's eyewitness account presents a harrowing perspective on the savagery and destruction wrought by the Nazis against the civilian population of the city. His writing evokes compelling images of terror - the oil bombing of children's hospitals, mass starvation and cannibalism - with rich and sophisticated commentary on the internal politics of Soviet party chiefs, soldiers and civilian resistance fighters. Both an authoritative historical document and a journalistic re-telling of the overwhelming sadness, grief and futility of 20th century warfare, this is an invaluable look at one of the greatest losses of human life in recorded history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface by Nicholas Werth

Moscow to Leningrad

First Contact

St. Petersburg - Leningrad

The Observation Tower

Sightseeing

Kamenny Island

Leningrad Airmen

A Factory in the Famine

Sunday Evening in Leningrad

Children in the Famine and Now

The Bristles of the Hedgehog

Endurance : The Kirov Works

At the Writer's Union

All-day Shelling

The Mayor of Leningrad Speaks

The Last Day

Leningrad's Liberation : The Second Visit.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857724748

0857724746

9780755692569

075569256X

9780857735027

0857735020

OCLC:

1058434225