Am 16 April 1945 beginnt die Rote Armee den Kampf um Berlin. Anhand
von zum Teil neuen Materialien aus den Archiven der Alliierten und
deutscher Zeitzeugenberichte erzählt Beevor von den letzten Tagen
vor der Kapitulation.
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.
"Fascinating, extraordinary, gripping" (Jeremy Paxman)<br/><br/>"This brilliant storyteller makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written" (Simon Sebag Montefiore Spectator)
Fascinating, extraordinary, gripping Jeremy Paxman This brilliant storyteller makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched, and beautifully written -- Simon Sebag Montefiore Spectator
Antony Beevor, Jahrgang 1946, ist ehemaliger britischer Berufsoffizier. Außer mit Romanen hat er sich mit mehrfach ausgezeichneten geschichtlichen Sachbüchern (u.a. über die Resistance und den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg) einen Namen gemacht. Ausgezeichnet u. a. mit dem Samuel Johnson Award für Sachbücher, dem Hawthornden Award sowie dem Wolfson Award für historische Werke. Antony Beevor ist Fellow der Royal Society of Literature und Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et Lettres sowie Gastprofessor an der University of London, School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Er lebt mit seiner Familie in London.
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