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The gravediggers : the last winter of the Weimar Republic / Hauke Friederichs, Rüdiger Barth ; translated by Caroline Waight.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Profile Books, 2019Description: 406 p. : 24 cm. mapsISBN:
  • 9781788160728 : (hbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 943.085 23
Contents:
The Gravediggers -- Opening credits: the lie of the land -- The Brink: 17 November to 1 December 1932 -- The plan: 2 to 15 December 1932 -- The silent night: 16 December 1932 to 1 January 1933 -- In the maelstrom: 2 to 29 January 1933 -- Taking power: 30 January 1933 -- Closing credits
Summary: The American reporter wrote: 'Fifty thousand Bolsheviks made the Russian revolution. Germany has an estimated six million voters for its Communist Party. Five hundred thousand Fascists put Mussolini in power in Italy. Adolf Hitler has a possible twelve million. How long can the life of the German republic last?' That was the question. The coming winter would settle it.
List(s) this item appears in: New Acquisitions Jan.-Feb. 2020 | Acquisitions 2019-2020
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 943.085 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438060

Includes bibliographic references and index.

The Gravediggers -- Opening credits: the lie of the land -- The Brink: 17 November to 1 December 1932 -- The plan: 2 to 15 December 1932 -- The silent night: 16 December 1932 to 1 January 1933 -- In the maelstrom: 2 to 29 January 1933 -- Taking power: 30 January 1933 -- Closing credits

The American reporter wrote:
'Fifty thousand Bolsheviks made the Russian revolution. Germany has an estimated six million voters for its Communist Party. Five hundred thousand Fascists put Mussolini in power in Italy. Adolf Hitler has a possible twelve million. How long can the life of the German republic last?'
That was the question.
The coming winter would settle it.

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