The last few days have been days of intolerable tension we have done nothing but pack our belongings and store them in bomb-proof sites. Danger threatens from all sides. The Americans are using phosphorous shells, against which all extinguishers are useless In a world in which havoc spreads far more quickly than life can burgeon, to look more than fifteen minutes ahead is pointless. Entry for 4 April 1945. From 1943 to 1945, from his vantage point in the German Foreign Office Press and Information Section, Hans-Georg von Studnitz recorded the day-to-day events in Berlin. He was in the perfect position to write such an account: he was entrusted with the drafting of Nazi political directives and was in constant touch with the foreign diplomats stationed in Berlin. This is a fascinating and comprehensive insight into life in Berlin: the bombings and its effects, social life, key personalities and events. Studnitz writes with the trained skill of a journalist and a political commentator. His account has few equals in the literature of memoirs.

About the Author
Hans-Georg von Studnitz (19071993) began his career as a journalist in Berlin in 1930. At the outbreak of war, he was called up for service and attached to the German Foreign Office and Information Service, in which he held a senior post until the end of the war. After the war, he reported on the proceedings at the Nuremberg trials for Die Zeit.


Book Information
ISBN 9781399077408
Author Hans-Georg Von Studnitz
Format Paperback
Imprint Frontline Books
Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd