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Swansong 1945 : : a Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich

Kempowski, Walter/ Whiteside, Shaun (TRN) Book - 2015 940.548 Sw, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / World War II / Swansong 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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Call Number: 940.548 Sw, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / World War II / Swansong
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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.
Original German edition first published in 2005 as Das Echolot : Abgesang '45 Ein kollekitives Tagebuch by Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich.--Title page verso.
Foreword / Alan Bance -- Preface / Walter Kempowski -- Editorial Note / Walter Kempowski -- Note on the English Translation -- List of Abbreviations -- Friday, 20 April 1945 -- Wednesday, 25 April 1945 -- Monday, 30 April 1945 -- Tuesday, 8 May/Wednesday, 9 May 1945 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Sources 1. Published and broadcast sources -- 2. Archives and institutions -- Index.

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Great submitted by CampbellB on June 13, 2015, 9:58am Very good historical perspective. Fantastic read

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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xxii, 479 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393248159
0393248151

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Kempowski, Walter,
Whiteside, Shaun,

SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives.
German diaries.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Personal narratives.
Diaries.