The Fall Of Berlin
by David Fisher /
1995 / English / PDF
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From the pomp and glitter of the 1936 Olympics to the apocalyptic
battle to capture the ruined capital of the Nazi Empire,
From the pomp and glitter of the 1936 Olympics to the apocalyptic
battle to capture the ruined capital of the Nazi Empire,The
Fall of Berlin
The
Fall of Berlin presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of
the world's greatest cities caught between the lunacy and cruelty
of its leaders and the brutal determination of encircling Soviet
armies. The authors have delved into archival research, diaries,
and memoirs, and conducted numerous interviews to recreate
through brilliantly detailed vignettes the story of Berlin and
its resilient inhabitants: the soldiers and ordinary citizens
pounded by Allied bombing but maintaining their gallows humor;
the endless procession of refugees; the 5,000 Jews who foiled the
Nazi's rabid attempt to "purify" the capital; people like
Dietrich Bonhoeffer who gave their lives in heroic anti-Nazi
resistance while film stars and the well-connected lived in
precarious luxury; the Third Reich's leaders jockeying for power
in Hitler's underground bunker even as a ragged army of children,
invalids, and old men confronted Soviet tanks in the rubble
above; and of course, Hitler himself, trapped beneath a city he
hated, waiting for the miracle promised him in horoscope
readings. Not since
presents a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of
the world's greatest cities caught between the lunacy and cruelty
of its leaders and the brutal determination of encircling Soviet
armies. The authors have delved into archival research, diaries,
and memoirs, and conducted numerous interviews to recreate
through brilliantly detailed vignettes the story of Berlin and
its resilient inhabitants: the soldiers and ordinary citizens
pounded by Allied bombing but maintaining their gallows humor;
the endless procession of refugees; the 5,000 Jews who foiled the
Nazi's rabid attempt to "purify" the capital; people like
Dietrich Bonhoeffer who gave their lives in heroic anti-Nazi
resistance while film stars and the well-connected lived in
precarious luxury; the Third Reich's leaders jockeying for power
in Hitler's underground bunker even as a ragged army of children,
invalids, and old men confronted Soviet tanks in the rubble
above; and of course, Hitler himself, trapped beneath a city he
hated, waiting for the miracle promised him in horoscope
readings. Not sinceIs Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning? has a book so
vividly evoked the daily struggle for survival and dignity in the
nightmarish center of total war.
has a book so
vividly evoked the daily struggle for survival and dignity in the
nightmarish center of total war.
