Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich - Hardcover

Ullrich, Volker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1631498274 ISBN 13: 9781631498275

Verlag: Liveright Pub Corp, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

On April 30, 1945, in a bunker deep beneath the Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves. But Nazi Germany lived on, however briefly. The subsequent eight days were among the most turbulent in history, witnessing not only the final battles of World War II and the collapse of the Wehrmacht, but the near-total disintegration of the once-mighty Third Reich.In a taut, propulsive narrative, eminent historian Volker Ullrich depicts the final days of the Nazi empire through the eyes of Germans, both famous and ordinary, who experienced them. He takes us inside the phantomlike regime of Hitler s chosen successor, Admiral Karl Dönitz, while capturing the drama of a society in its death throes from mass suicides to fanatics calling for one last stand. Integrating an astonishing variety of new primary sources, Ullrich offers an indispensable account of the costs of mass delusion.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Volker Ullrich is a German historian and the best-selling, award-winning author of Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939; Hitler: Downfall, 1939-1945; Eight Day in May; and Germany 1923. He lives in Germany.

Jefferson Chase has translated works by Thomas Mann and Wolfgang Schivelbusch, among others. He lives in Berlin.

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"A fast-paced, brilliant recounting of the turbulent last days of the Third Reich. With all the energy and chaos of a Jackson Pollock canvas, Eight Days in May evokes the complete and utter chaos of a collapsing society. We see victor and vanquished, persecutor and victim, and witness an empire as it falls from its savage heights to the depths of a despised and defeated nation."
--Helmut Walser Smith, author of Germany: A Nation in Its Time

"The last days of the Third Reich have often been told, but seldom with the verve, perception and elegance of Volker Ullrich's rich narrative. For Western states that have never faced comprehensive and destructive defeat, this is an instructive lesson in how societies cope with the devastating reality of a surrender that they grimly await."
--Richard Overy, author of RAF: The Birth of the World's First Air Force

"The last chapter of the Nazi regime, just before its fall, is perhaps the most interesting. And Volker Ullrich manages to cover the days after Hitler's suicide with brilliant prose, and excellent original research."
--Norman Ohler, New York Times best-selling author of Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

"Volker Ullrich's compact, gripping narration brings to life the death throes of the Nazi regime as individual acts of delusion, desperation and resignation. This vivid mosaic of German reactions to defeat is a suspenseful account and original depiction of the ambivalence and disbelief of those who had been spell-bound by Hitler."
--Wendy Lower, author of The Ravine and Hitler's Furies

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Liveright Pub Corp
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1631498274
• ISBN 13: 9781631498275
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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