Swansong 1945 a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich
Chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and final...
Saved in:
| Other Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
W. W. Norton & Company,
2015.
|
| Edition: | First American edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocn891611159 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20150623143300.0 | ||
| 008 | 150211s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2015001849 | ||
| 019 | |a 906024250 | ||
| 020 | |a 9780393248159 (hardcover) : |c $35.00 | ||
| 020 | |a 0393248151 (hardcover) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)891611159 |z (OCoLC)906024250 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |e rda |b eng |c DLC |d IG# |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d BDX |d OCLCF |d EZN |d GK8 |d ABG |d NYP |d UPZ |d BUR |d COO |d OCLCO |d ZCU |d OCLCO |d OQX |d PCB | ||
| 041 | 1 | |a eng |h ger | |
| 043 | |a e-gx--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a D811.A2 |b E3313 2015 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 940.54/81 |2 23 |
| 082 | 0 | 4 | |a 940.5343 |2 23 |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Swansong 1945 : |b a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich / |c Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside. |
| 246 | 1 | |i Title on dust jacket : |a Swan song 1945 | |
| 250 | |a First American edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, N.Y. : |b W. W. Norton & Company, |c 2015. | |
| 300 | |a xxii, 479 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 500 | |a First published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2014 as Swansong 1945: a collective diary from Hitler's last birthday to VE Day. -- Great Britain : Granta Books, 2014. | ||
| 500 | |a Original German edition first published in 2005 as Das Echolot : Abgesang '45 Ein kollekitives Tagebuch by Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich.--Title page verso. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-454) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword / Alan Bance -- Preface / Walter Kempowski -- Editorial note / Walter Kempowski -- Note on the English translation -- Friday, 20 April 1945 -- Wednesday, 25 April 1945 -- Monday, 30 April 1945 -- Tuesday, 8 May/Wednesday, 9 May 1945. | |
| 520 | |a Chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8. Side by side, we encounter vivid, first-person accounts of civilians fleeing Berlin, ordinary German soldiers determined to fight to the bitter end, American POWs dreaming of home, concentration-camp survivors' first descriptions of their horrific experiences, as well as the intimate thoughts of figures such as Eisenhower, Churchill, Stalin, Joseph Goebbels, and Hitler himself. These firsthand accounts, painstakingly collected and organized by renowned German author Walter Kempowski, provide the raw material of history and present a panoramic view of those tumultuous days, an extraordinary account of suffering and survival.--From publisher description. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |v Personal narratives. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Germany |x History |y 1933-1945. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Kempowski, Walter, |e compiler. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Whiteside, Shaun, |e translator. | |
| 938 | |a Ingram |b INGR |n 9780393248159 | ||
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0015714964 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 12090092 | ||
| 938 | |a Brodart |b BROD |n 110913477 | ||
| 994 | |a C0 |b PCB | ||
| 949 | |a CCL |b CadNF |c 940.54 Sw |d i |e 39241503290434 |f 576105 |g ddc |j 06/16/2015 | ||
| 999 | |a 376143 | ||
