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The Berlin Diaries 1940-45

By Marie Vassiltchikov

The Berlin Diaries 1940-45 Essays & Short Stories

The Berlin Diaries 1940-45

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Marie `Missie' Vassiltchikov as a White Russian émigrée caught with her family in Hitler`s Germany at the outbreak of the war. She was a Bright Young Thing, part of the cosmopolitan set who managed to maintain a trance-like normality until as late as 1941 - picnics, house-parties, dinners at the Eden... Before long, however, Missie became sickened by the brutal and repressive nature of Nazi rule which overshadowed every aspect of her life. Through Adam Von Trott, for whom she worked in the Information Department of the Foreign Ministry, she became involved in the Resistance and the diaries vividly describe her part in the drama of July 1944 and its appalling aftermath. Living among the ruins of Berlin during Allied bombing raids, she grows us to be strong-minded, committed and courageous woman as she daily displays uncommon bravery in the face of the Gestapo and the detestable Dr Six of the SS. Having survived the Nazis, Missie ends the diaries as she flees from Vienna, where she has been working as a nurse, before the advancing Red Army.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
1999-10-07
Publication Date:
1999-10-07
Publisher:
Vintage
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0712665803
ISBN13:
9780712665803
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
397 g
Height:
134 cm
Width:
218 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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