In Reply to: No Springtime for Hitler . . . . posted by albee33 on May 21, 2003 at 18:06:40:
a real diary covering the early years of Nazi Germany and Herr Hitler's deceptions and ravings. Written by a young reporter who worked for and was a protege of Edward R. Murrow by the name of William Shirer. This was the author of the later, Pulitzer-winning "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", which should also be read by anyone interested in the history of the period. Shirer worked the Berlin beat in the late 30s and his diary, which he had to hide from the Gestapo, is quite revealing - about Hitler and his criminal henchmen, but also about the ease of which he fooled those who should have known better such as Neville Chamberlin and Charles Lindbergh.Hitler's legacy as one of history's greatest monsters was written in the blood of 6 million Jews, 500,000 Catholics, 300,000 Gypsies, 1 million Ukranians, 600,000 Poles, and the millions of his other victims. What his armies did in Leningrad/St. Petersburg alone was enough to earn Hitler his black marks. He's a honcho in the cesspool of tyranny and his name will forever be a curse.
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- Check out the "Berlin Diaries" - danj 23:51:11 05/22/03 (0)