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1913: A Year of Gossip
I reviewed this title on goodreads, I described it as “People magazine for prewar Germany & Austria, with Louis Armstrong and a stray Frenchman thrown in for good measure.” There’s no traditional narrative, more a long series of vignettes that … Continue reading
COVID Reviews #6 Cleaning Up with gangsters, Navajo, politicians, and so many Germans
Back in September and early October when I was under quarantine, I didn’t have computer access, so I couldn’t take many notes or write reviews when things were fresh on my mind. I tried to post comments intermittently, but some … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Austria, crime, Eastern Europe, Germany, history, law, Mafia, Nazi, The Great War, US Constitution, WW2
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In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin © 2011 Erik Larson 432 pages In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt needed a man for a post no one wanted to fill: US Ambassador to Germany. … Continue reading
Reads to Reels: Er Ist Wieder Da
So there I was, innocently looking to see if Netflix carried older WW2 films like 36 Hours, when I spotted Hitler. “Look who’s back?” I said. “Oh dear.” I’d previously watched The Death of Stalin (Jason Isaacs is a … Continue reading
Er Ist Wieder Da
Er Ist Wieder Da | Look Who’s Back! © 2011 Timur Vermes 401 pages “Herr Hitler … I’m calling to ask whether you’d like to write a book?” “I already have,” I said. “Two, in fact.” Hitler’s back, and boy … Continue reading
Prague Fatale
Prague Fatale © 2011 Phillip Kerr 432 pages Bernie Gunther is a man contemplating suicide. Once, in the Weimar years, he was a happily married policeman. But his wife died, he fell into the bottle, and not long after that Germany itself … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Germany, historical fiction, mystery, Phillip Kerr
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Munich
Munich© 2018 Robert Harris354 pages By this time tomorrow, Adolf Hitler could be dead… The year is 1938, and Europe is again sliding into war — a war that only one man wants. The man is Adolf Hitler, who is … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Britain, Germany, historical fiction, Robert Harris, WW2
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German Resistance to Hitler
German Resistance to Hitler© 1988 Peter Hoffman188 pages Peter Hoffman’s research into the German resistance culminated in a 900-page History of the German Resistance 1933-1945, but this work – simply titled German Resistance to Hitler — is a much smaller … Continue reading
Ein Feste Burg
A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People© 2004 Steven Ozment314 pages Like many Americans, I first knew the Germans only as the villains of our world wars. It wasn’t until college, when over-full Spanish classes thrust me … Continue reading