While Berlin Burns: The Memoirs of Hans-Georg Von Studnitz

By Hans-Georg von Studnitz

Book Overview

'The last few days have been days of intolerable tension ... we have done nothing but pack our belongings and store them in bomb-proof sites. Danger threatens from all sides. The Americans are using phosphorous shells, against which all extinguishers are useless ... In a world in which havoc spreads far more quickly than life can burgeon, to look more than fifteen minutes ahead is pointless.' - Entry for 4 April 1945.

From 1943 to 1945, from his vantage point in the German Foreign Office Press and Information Section, Hans-Georg von Studnitz recorded the day-to-day events in Berlin. He was in the perfect position to write such an account: he was entrusted with the drafting of Nazi political directives and was in constant touch with the foreign diplomats stationed in Berlin.

This is a fascinating and comprehensive insight into life in Berlin: the bombings and its effects, social life, key personalities and events. Studnitz writes with the trained skill of a journalist and a political commentator. His account has few equals in the literature of memoirs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399077406
• ISBN13: 9781399077408
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 304 Pages