The Fall Of Berlin

Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101175281
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Berlin 1945 written by Antony Beevor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc—tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred; more than seven million fled westward from the fury of the Red Army. It was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known. Antony Beevor, renowned author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem, has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge, and savagery, yet it is also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds.

Author : Mendel Mann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Berlin written by Mendel Mann and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mendl Mann's autobiographical novel The Fall of Berlin tells the painful yet compelling story of life as a Jewish soldier in the Red Army. Menakhem Isaacovich is a Polish Jew who, after fleeing the Nazis, finds refuge in the USSR. The novel follows Menakhem as he fights on the front line in Stalin's Red Army against Hitler and the Nazis who are destroying his homeland of Poland and exterminating the Jews. Menakhem encounters anti-Semitism on various occasions throughout the narrative, and struggles to comprehend how seemingly normal people could hold such appalling views. As Mann writes, it is odd that "vicious, insidious anti-Semitism could reside in a person with elevated feelings, an average person, a decent person". The Fall of Berlin is both a striking and timely look at the struggle that many Jewish soldiers faced. Skillfully translated from Yiddish and introduced by Maurice Wolfthal, this is an affecting and unique book which eloquently explores a variety of themes - anti-Semitism, patriotism, Stalinism and life as a Jewish soldier in the Second World War. The Fall of Berlin is essential reading for anyone interested in the Yiddish language, Jewish history, and the history of World War II. As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher's website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com.

Author : Mary Sarotte
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465064949
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collapse written by Mary Sarotte and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall—infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe—seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates that night was not planned by the East German ruling regime—nor was it the result of a bargain between either Ronald Reagan or George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It was an accident. In The Collapse, prize-winning historian Mary Elise Sarotte reveals how a perfect storm of decisions made by daring underground revolutionaries, disgruntled Stasi officers, and dictatorial party bosses sparked an unexpected series of events culminating in the chaotic fall of the Wall. With a novelist’s eye for character and detail, she brings to vivid life a story that sweeps across Budapest, Prague, Dresden, and Leipzig and up to the armed checkpoints in Berlin. We meet the revolutionaries Roland Jahn, Aram Radomski, and Siggi Schefke, risking it all to smuggle the truth across the Iron Curtain; the hapless Politburo member Günter Schabowski, mistakenly suggesting that the Wall is open to a press conference full of foreign journalists, including NBC’s Tom Brokaw; and Stasi officer Harald Jäger, holding the fort at the crucial border crossing that night. Soon, Brokaw starts broadcasting live from Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, where the crowds are exulting in the euphoria of newfound freedom—and the dictators are plotting to restore control. Drawing on new archival sources and dozens of interviews, The Collapse offers the definitive account of the night that brought down the Berlin Wall.

Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141032391
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Berlin written by Antony Beevor and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks, mass rape, pillage and destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred because Nazi Party chiefs, refusing to face defeat, had forbidden the evacuation of civilians. Over seven million fled westwards from the terror of the Red Army. Antony Beevor reconstructs the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse, telling a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanatacism, revenge and savagery, but also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice and survival against all odds.

Author : Brian Williams
Publisher : Cherrytree Books
ISBN 13 : 9781842344071
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Berlin Wall written by Brian Williams and published by Cherrytree Books. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series provides a quick-read introduction to key events in history. This volume looks at the removal of the Berlin Wall.

Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101175281
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Berlin 1945 written by Antony Beevor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-29 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A tale drenched in drama and blood, heroism and cowardice, loyalty and betrayal."—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Third Reich in January 1945. Frenzied by their terrible experiences with Wehrmacht and SS brutality, they wreaked havoc—tanks crushing refugee columns, mass rape, pillage, and unimaginable destruction. Hundreds of thousands of women and children froze to death or were massacred; more than seven million fled westward from the fury of the Red Army. It was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known. Antony Beevor, renowned author of D-Day and The Battle of Arnhem, has reconstructed the experiences of those millions caught up in the nightmare of the Third Reich's final collapse. The Fall of Berlin is a terrible story of pride, stupidity, fanaticism, revenge, and savagery, yet it is also one of astonishing endurance, self-sacrifice, and survival against all odds.

Author : Anthony Read
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of Berlin written by Anthony Read and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exciting narrative of the last days of Berlin and the Third Reich. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Serge Schmemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0753459949
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Times When the Wall Came Down written by Serge Schmemann and published by . This book was released on 2006-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Author : Jeff Hay
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fall of the Berlin Wall written by Jeff Hay and published by Greenhaven Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects nineteen essays that offer varying perspectives on the destruction of the Berlin Wall, discussing the history of the wall, controversies, and the political and personal significance of the wall's destruction.

Author : R. G. Grant
Publisher : BDD Promotional Books Company
ISBN 13 : 9780792455516
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall written by R. G. Grant and published by BDD Promotional Books Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Wall itself and of all that it came to signify in East-West relations, from the fall of the Third Reich in 1945 and the division of Germany to the series of events leading to reunification in 1990.