When I Was a German, 1934-1945

When I Was a German, 1934-1945
Author: Christabel Bielenberg
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780803261518

This fascinating glimpse of Nazi Germany is provided by an Englishwoman who was fluent in German and at home in German society, yet not entirely of it. Christabel Bielenberg moved from passive to active resistance as Hitler seized power and the Nazi dictatorship clamped down.

The Past is Myself & The Road Ahead Omnibus

The Past is Myself & The Road Ahead Omnibus
Author: Christabel Bielenberg
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1446464938

Brought together for the first time in one edition, both of Christabel Bielenberg's bestselling memoirs give an incredibly moving, emotionally charged and compelling insight into life in Nazi Germany during The Third Reich and during the aftermath of World War Two. Offering a new perspective, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the wartime era. 'This is one of the best WWII books I have ever read' -- ***** Reader review 'An excellent book and a must-read for anyone interested in this era' -- ***** Reader review 'Absorbing' -- ***** Reader review 'Intensely moving' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful book. I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************************** The Past is Myself Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of newspaper magnate Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war in Germany, as a German citizen under the horrors of Nazi rule and Allied bombings. The Past is Myself is her story of that experience - and an unforgettable portrait of an evil time. The Road Ahead Following the extraordinary success of her wartime memoir, The Past is Myself, Christabel Bielenberg received thousands of letters from readers begging her to describe what happened next. In The Road Ahead she continues her story with the outbreak of peace - a time of struggle for reconciliation with, and the rebuilding of, a defeated nation. She also tells of life in her newly adopted country, Ireland, her involvement with the Peace Women of Northern Ireland, and with characteristic modesty and gratitude, looks back on a rich, full life. Anyone interested in the Second World War and life in the 1930s and 1940s will devour these unflinchingly honest and enthralling memoirs, published together in one edition for the first time.

Christabel

Christabel
Author: Christabel Bielenberg
Publisher: Penguin Group
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1989
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780140121780

Hitler: Downfall

Hitler: Downfall
Author: Volker Ullrich
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 848
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1101874015

A riveting account of the dictator’s final years, when he got the war he wanted but led his nation, the world, and himself to catastrophe—from the author of Hitler: Ascent “Skillfully conceived and utterly engrossing.” —The New York Times Book Review In the summer of 1939, Hitler was at the zenith of his power. Having consolidated political control in Germany, he was at the helm of a newly restored major world power, and now perfectly positioned to realize his lifelong ambition: to help the German people flourish and to exterminate those who stood in the way. Beginning a war allowed Hitler to take his ideological obsessions to unthinkable extremes, including the mass genocide of millions, which was conducted not only with the aid of the SS, but with the full knowledge of German leadership. Yet despite a series of stunning initial triumphs, Hitler’s fateful decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941 turned the tide of the war in favor of the Allies. Now, Volker Ullrich, author of Hitler: Ascent 1889–1939, offers fascinating new insight into Hitler’s character and personality. He vividly portrays the insecurity, obsession with minutiae, and narcissistic penchant for gambling that led Hitler to overrule his subordinates and then blame them for his failures. When he ultimately realized the war was not winnable, Hitler embarked on the annihilation of Germany itself in order to punish the people who he believed had failed to hand him victory. A masterful and riveting account of a spectacular downfall, Ullrich’s rendering of Hitler’s final years is an essential addition to our understanding of the dictator and the course of the Second World War.

Death and Deliverance

Death and Deliverance
Author: Michael Burleigh
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1994-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521477697

The first full-scale study in English of the Nazis' so-called 'euthanasia' programme in which over 200,000 people perished.

Secret Wonder Weapons of the Third Reich

Secret Wonder Weapons of the Third Reich
Author: Justo Miranda
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Total Pages: 139
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780764300868

Beretning om Tysklands forsøg med og anvendelse af militære raketter og raketfly i perioden op til og under 2. verdenskrig.

The German War

The German War
Author: Nicholas Stargardt
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 761
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0465073972

A groundbreaking history of what drove the Germans to fight -- and keep fighting -- for a lost cause in World War II In The German War, acclaimed historian Nicholas Stargardt draws on an extraordinary range of firsthand testimony -- personal diaries, court records, and military correspondence -- to explore how the German people experienced the Second World War. When war broke out in September 1939, it was deeply unpopular in Germany. Yet without the active participation and commitment of the German people, it could not have continued for almost six years. What, then, was the war the Germans thought they were fighting? How did the changing course of the conflict -- the victories of the Blitzkrieg, the first defeats in the east, the bombing of German cities -- alter their views and expectations? And when did Germans first realize they were fighting a genocidal war? Told from the perspective of those who lived through it -- soldiers, schoolteachers, and housewives; Nazis, Christians, and Jews -- this masterful historical narrative sheds fresh and disturbing light on the beliefs and fears of a people who embarked on and fought to the end a brutal war of conquest and genocide.