To Hell and Back - Kershaw, Ian
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In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust. To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity,…mehr

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In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939 Europeans would initiate a second conflict that managed to be even worse - a war in which the killing of civilians was central and which culminated in the Holocaust.
To Hell and Back tells this story with humanity, flair and originality. Kershaw gives a compelling narrative of events, but he also wrestles with the most difficult issues that the events raise - with what it meant for the Europeans who initiated and lived through such fearful times - and what this means for us.
Autorenporträt
Dr.phil.Ian Kershaw, geb. 1943, studierte in Liverpool und Oxford. Er lehrte von 1968-89 an den Universitäten Manchester und Nottingham. Seit 1989 ist er Professor für neuere Geschichte und Direktor des historischen Institus der Universität Sheffield. Kershaws Forschungen über Hitler und das Dritte Reich führten ihn nach London, New York, Moskau und in viele Archive in Deutschland, Österreich und Frankreich. Er war Berater der ZDF-Serie 'Hitler, eine Bilanz' und der BBC-Dokumentarreihe 'The Nazis. Warning from history'. 1984 erhielt er das Bundesverdienstkreuz. 2012 wurde er mit dem Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung ausgezeichnet.
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A great achievement ... There could hardly be a more judicious guide to this bloody terrain ... a stark lesson in man's capacity for evil Dominic Sandbrook The Sunday Times