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Essential Historic Document. This is a most important historic document as it is the only known diary written by a professional journalist while on assignment in nazi Germany from 1933 to 1941. Prior to this, Bill Shirer was on assignment in Paris. There is no other Book I know that provides a better description of Germany's transformation from an essentially western democratic nation to a nazi gangster society. Many historians wonder 'how could this happen'? William Shirer answers this question. This is not an amateur diary and Shirer understood during the writing that it would become an…

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Editions

12 editions · 3 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers · 512 pages · 9781579124427
  • Paperback · English · 2002
    The Johns Hopkins University Press · 648 pages · 9780801870569
  • Hardcover · English · 1995
    BBS Publishing Corporation · 640 pages · 9780883659229
  • Other · English · 2022
    RosettaBooks · 9780795300295
  • Other · English · 2011
    RosettaBooks · 9780795316975
  • Other · English · 1988
    Little, Brown · 605 pages · 9780316787048
1938-1945American Personal narrativesDiariesGermanyJournalistsPolitics and governmentWorld War, 1939-1941World War, 1939-1945