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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 31 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Series |
Battlegrounds (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by Christa Lewis. |
Summary |
In Prevail until the Bitter End, Alexandra Lohse explores the gossip and innuendo, the dissonant reactions and perceptions of Germans to the violent dissolution of the Third Reich. Mobilized for total war, soldiers and citizens alike experienced an unprecedented convergence of military, economic, social, and political crises. Lohse uncovers how Germans experienced life and death, investigates how mounting emergency conditions affected their understanding of the nature and purpose of the conflagration, and shows how these factors influenced the people's relationship with the Nazi regime. She draws on Nazi morale and censorship reports, features citizens' private letters and diaries, and incorporates a large body of Allied intelligence, including several thousand transcripts of surreptitiously recorded conversations among German prisoners of war in Western Allied captivity. Lohse's historical reconstruction helps us understand how ordinary Germans interpreted their experiences as both the victims and perpetrators of extreme violence. We are immersively drawn into their desolate landscape. Prevail until the Bitter End is about the stories that Germans told themselves to make sense of this world in crisis. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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National socialism -- Public opinion.
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Germans -- Attitudes.
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Added Author |
Lewis, Christa.
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hoopla digital.
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ISBN |
9781666139679 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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166613967X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT14585883 |
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