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Author: Michael Schmidt
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783865210906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSchmidt's work has always focused on his hometown of Berlin and the book format has always been a fundamental element of his work. One of his most important bodies of work, 'Berlin Nach 1945', has never been published as a whole. He has elaborated a powerful visual record of a city in a state of flux.
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780393320107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistorian Ambrose studies the political and military aspects of Eisenhower's decision to leave Berlin to the Russian army in the waning days of the European War.
Author: Christer Bergström
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781903223918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes how the German Army Group centre developed a 'master of defence' strategy, which inflicted atrocious losses on the Red Army's attack formations in 1942 and 1943. Explores the German defensive operations around the River Dnepr and Sea of Azov in September 1943, as well as the subsequent German retreat and the air bridge operation to Cherkassy in early 1944. Examines the major Soviet offensive in mid 1944, the fall of Romania and the autumn battles in Poland, Courland and on the Vistula, ending with the major Soviet winter offensive of early 1945 against the Neisse and Oder rivers and last-ditch battles over Berlin itself.
Author: Michael Schmidt
Publisher: Scalo Publishers
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished to accompany the exhibition Michael Schmidt: U-NI-TY at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 18 - March 26 1996 and touring (Hannover and Dresden 1996 - 1997).
Author: Roger Moorhouse
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2011-10-31
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1446499219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBerlin was the nerve-centre of Hitler's Germany - the backdrop for the most lavish ceremonies, it was also the venue for Albert Speer's plans to forge a new 'world metropolis' and the scene of the final climactic bid to defeat Nazism. Yet while our understanding of the Holocaust is well developed, we know little about everyday life in Nazi Germany. In this vivid and important study Roger Moorhouse portrays the German experience of the Second World War, not through an examination of grand politics, but from the viewpoint of the capital's streets and homes.He gives a flavour of life in the capital, raises issues of consent and dissent, morality and authority and, above all, charts the violent humbling of a once-proud metropolis. Shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman History Prize.
Author: Tony Le Tissier
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2010-04-30
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 1473817412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed historian’s classic account of the Battle for Berlin offers unprecedented detail and insight into the final days of WWII in Europe. This authoritative study dispels the myths created by Soviet propaganda and describes the Red Army’s final offensive against Nazi Germany in graphic detail. For the Soviets, Berlin—and the Reichstag in particular—was seen as the ultimate prize. Stalin had initially promised Berlin to Marshal Zhukov. But after Zhukov blundered a preliminary battle, Stalin allowed Marshal Koniev, Zhukov's rival, to launch one of his powerful tank armies at the city. The advancing Soviet forces were confronted by a desperate, inadequate German defense. General Weidling's panzer corps was dragged into the city in a futile attempt to prolong the existence of the Third Reich, whose leaders squabbled and schemed in their underground shelters. Ten days later, after the suicides of Hitler and Goebbels, the survivors had to choose between breakout and surrender. Drawing on a wide range of Soviet sources and unprecedented access to German archival and memoir materials, Race for the Reichstag brings into startling focus the bitter fight for the last patch of soil under Wehrmacht control.
Author: Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2015-11-06
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 1786251469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOften written during imprisonment in Allied War camps by former German officers, with their memories of the World War fresh in their minds, The Foreign Military Studies series offers rare glimpses into the Third Reich. In this study Oberst a.D. Wilhem Willemar discusses his recollections of the climatic battle for Berlin from within the Wehrmacht. “No cohesive, over-all plan for the defense of Berlin was ever actually prepared. All that existed was the stubborn determination of Hitler to defend the capital of the Reich. Circumstances were such that he gave no thought to defending the city until it was much too late for any kind of advance planning. Thus the city’s defense was characterized only by a mass of improvisations. These reveal a state of total confusion in which the pressure of the enemy, the organizational chaos on the German side, and the catastrophic shortage of human and material resources for the defense combined with disastrous effect. “The author describes these conditions in a clear, accurate report which I rate very highly. He goes beyond the more narrow concept of planning and offers the first German account of the defense of Berlin to be based upon thorough research. I attach great importance to this study from the standpoint of military history and concur with the military opinions expressed by the author.”-Foreword by Generaloberst a.D. Franz Halder.
Author: Harold Nebenzal
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2019-02-12
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1683357132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Syrian Jew finds romance and intrigue in Weimar-era Berlin in this “superbly imagined” literary thriller (Kirkus Reviews). In the years between Germany’s defeat in World War I and the reign of the Nazis, the underground clubs and cabarets of Berlin pulsed with the frenetic energy of rebellion. Suspended on the precipice of global catastrophe, a young counterculture emerged in the Weimar capital, where—if only for a moment—races and religions mixed, jazz music resounded, and liquor flowed in abundance. In Harold Nebenzal’s daring, suspenseful novel Café Berlin, this high-flying scene forms the backdrop for a thrilling tale of love and the universal human yearning to be free, even under the yoke of totalitarianism. Daniel Saporta is a young Jewish immigrant from Damascus, who comes to Berlin in search of fame, fortune, or at least a good party. He begins a tumultuous love affair with Samira, an exotic dancer secretly under the employ of British Intelligence. When Samira uncovers a conspiracy involving Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Daniel is drawn inexorably into an underground world of espionage, sex, and dire political stakes. Presented as a series of diary entries written years later, while Daniel is in hiding during the war, Café Berlin recounts his fleeting memory of the club and the German society now laid waste by the war. First published by Overlook to great acclaim in 1991, Café Berlin is available once again, offering an incredible story of decadence and defiance during Nazi Germany’s rise to power. Praise for Café Berlin “A story that combines the picturesque with the spy thriller, the idyllic with the decadent, and does it very well.” —The Atlantic Monthly “Dramatic. . . . Memorable. . . . Gripping and fast-paced.” —The Washington Post “Nebenzal . . . mixes seedy ambiance and solid historical detail in this darkly kaleidoscopic first novel. . . . An absorbing, ingenious debut.” —Publishers Weekly
Author: James Kerr Pollock
Publisher: Oldenbourg Verlag
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9783486560022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHerausgegeben im Auftrag des Instituts fur Zeitgeschichte Munchen-Berlin von Manfred Kittel und Udo Wengst. Die Reihe setzt die seit 1984 herausgegebenen "Biographischen Quellen zur deutschen Geschichte nach 1945" fort. In ihr erscheinen seit 1996 biographische Quellentexte aus dem gesamten Bereich der Zeitgeschichte. "
Author: Lee Archer
Publisher: In Focus
Published: 2019-09-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781908032164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 392-page book is lavishly illustrated with 360 mostly unpublished photographs that take the reader from the retreat at Seelow to collecting wrecks from central Berlin. Years of painstaking research and a network of like-minded researchers from across the globe have enabled the authors to piece together the who, where and why, including lists o
