PublishedElliott & Thompson, July 2018 |
ISBN9781783963812 |
FormatSoftcover, 496 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm |
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes?; The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust?; Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett.
Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere.; These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction.
Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes? Hitler ruled Germany between 1933 and 1945 – and the most cultured and technologically advanced country in Europe tumbled into the abyss. But how easy was it to know at the time what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust? Julia Boyd has trawled travellers tales from visitors to Germany in the 1930s – politicians and scholars, musicians and artists, athletes and tourists, celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett, and even our own Manning Clark. From the accounts of these accidental eyewitnesses to history, she creates a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler. Ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction.
