Summary
Winners write the history books. For the losers, defeat means humiliation and silence. In less than 30 years, Germany lost two world wars. It seems that every possible book that could be done from the viewpoint of the victors has been written. One wonders, though: What was it like to be on the losing side? April 1945 -- the Soviet Army closes in on Berlin. Adolph Hitler cowers in his bunker as civilians, mostly women, children and old men, struggle to survive. The city had been pulverized by American bombing raids. Terrified, the Berliners hide in the basements of their bombedout apartment buildings. They are starving.
On Friday, April 20, a 34-yearold journalist began writing a diary. She wrote about her feelings and experiences as that world was collapsing around her. Sixty years later, her words are finally available again.See the full content of this document
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'A Woman in Berlin' Chilling Tale
A Woman in Berlin -- Eight Weeks in the Conquered City
(Metropolitan Books) by Anonymous, is a searing account that was first publi...See the full content of this document
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