The gravediggers : the last winter of the Weimar Republic / Hauke Friederichs, Rüdiger Barth ; translated by Caroline Waight.
Publisher: London : Profile Books, 2019Description: 406 p. : 24 cm. mapsISBN:- 9781788160728 : (hbk.)
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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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