Defying Hitler
A Memoir
$25.79
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2003
Summary
Sebastian Haffner was a non-Jewish German who emigrated to England in 1938. This memoir, written in 1939 but only published now for the first time, begins in 1914 when the family summer holiday is cut short by the outbreak of war, and ends with Hitler’s assumption of power in 1933.
It is a portrait of himself and his own generation in Germany, those born between 1900 and 1910, and brilliantly explains through his own experiences and those of his friends how that generation came to be …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781842126608 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1842126601 |
| Author: | Sebastian Haffner |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2003 |
| Weight: | 253g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 21mm |
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If you have never read a book about Nazi Germany before, or if you have already read a thousand, I would urge you to read DEFYING HITLER. It sings with wisdom and understanding
If you have never read a book about Nazi Germany before, or if you have already read a thousand, I would urge you to read DEFYING HITLER. It sings with wisdom and understanding * MAIL ON SUNDAY *As a memoir of life in Germany during the Nazi rise to power, it is unsurpassable * LITERARY REVIEW *This account …provides an astonishingly effective and well-written explanation of how the Nazis managed so easily to exploit Germany’s psychological weaknesses – Antony Beevor * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
About The Author
Sebastian Haffner
Sebastian Haffner was born in 1907 in Berlin. He emigrated to England in 1938 and wrote for the OBSERVER for many years. He returned to Germany in 1954, where he became a prominent journalist and historian, writing for DIE WELT and STERN. He died in 1999.
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