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The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg (When I Was A German 1934-1945 #1)

The Past is Myself by Christabel Bielenberg (When I Was A German 1934-1945 #1)

Biography & Autobiography, Christabel Bielenberg, Europe, Germany, History, Nonfiction, World War II, Biography, Non-fiction Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war in Germany, as a German citizen, under the horrors of Nazi rule and Allied bombings. Closely associated with resistance circles, her husband was arrested after the failure of the plot against Hitler's life on 20th July 1944, and she herself was interrogated by the Gestapo. Not only do we meet her friends whose tragic bravery shines from the book, but dozens of everyday Germans, from the simple-minded Nazi official who was also her odd-job gardener, to the good-hearted Black Forest villagers who sheltered her till the liberation. They are presented with humour and sympathy, allowing the reader a remarkable insight into their character. All the more haunting, then, is her night-time encounter with an SS man from Riga who searches desperately for death on the battlefield. The human dimension of her writing brings about an unforgettable portrait of an evil time.
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Biography & Autobiography, Christabel Bielenberg, Europe, Germany, History, Nonfiction, World War II , Biography, Non-fiction

Condition

Well Read
Pages

286
Language

EN
Publication Date

1984


ISBN

9780552990653
Binding

Paperback
Publisher

Corgi Books
Edition

New Ed