30th April 1945 : the day Hitler shot himself and Germany's integration with the West began /
It was on April 30, 1945 that the Red Army occupied Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker and the United Nations was being founded in San Francisco. Alexander Kluge covers this single historic day and unravels its passing hours across the different theatres of the Second World W...
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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London ; New York :
Seagull Books,
2015.
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| Series: | German list.
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| Summary: | It was on April 30, 1945 that the Red Army occupied Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker and the United Nations was being founded in San Francisco. Alexander Kluge covers this single historic day and unravels its passing hours across the different theatres of the Second World War, including the life of a small German town occupied by American forces and the story of two SS officers stranded on the forsaken Kerguelen Islands. The collective experiences Kluge paints here are jarring, poignant and imbued with meaning. |
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| Physical Description: | 308 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780857422989 0857422987 |