While Berlin Burns: The Memoirs of Hans-Georg von Studnitz
While Berlin Burns: The Memoirs of Hans-Georg von Studnitz by Hans-Georg von Studnitz
English | 16 Jun. 2011 | ISBN: 1848326173 | 256 Pages | EPUB (True) | 8.38 MB
English | 16 Jun. 2011 | ISBN: 1848326173 | 256 Pages | EPUB (True) | 8.38 MB
From 1943 to 1945, while his world was deafened by the sounds of war as Germany fought on hopelessly, Hans-Georg von Studnitz from his vantage point in the German Foreign Office Press and Information Section recorded the day-to-day events in Berlin. He was in the perfect position to write such an account: he was entrusted with the drafting of Nazi political directives and was in constant touch with the foreign diplomats stationed in Berlin. This is a fascinating and comprehensive insight into life in Berlin: the bombings and its affects, the social life, the key personalities and events. Studnitz writes with the trained skill of a journalist and a political commentator, and his account has few equals in the literature of memoirs.