Huber, Florian: Kind, versprich mir, dass du dich erschiesst
"Promise me you'll shoot yourself" : the mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945 / Florian Huber ; translated by Imogen Taylor.
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Huber, Florian, 1967- (författare)
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Taylor, Imogen (översättare)
- ISBN 9780316534307
- First North American edition
- Publicerad: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2020
- Engelska vi, 292 pages
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Four days in Demmin. River without bridges ; War without limits ; The eyes of the enemy ; Tower of darkness ; The ghosts of Demmin -- Demmin is everywhere. A voice from the bombed-out temple ; A wave rolling over the Reich ; The teacher and his wife ; Hell machine ; Death in the west ; The waxworks of Leipzig ; City without hope ; The dark figure -- Tumultuous emotions. The wound that was Germany ; Hungry and fanatical ; Torches in winter, violets in March ; Part of something greater ; An inner rift ; The happy years ; In love with the Führer ; The smell of fear ; Victors ; A sense of foreboding ; The shadow of others ; Frozen soul -- The pull of silence. Curtaining off reality ; An inability to feel ; Victims ; Ghosts of the forgotten.
- "By the end of April 1945 in Germany, the Third Reich had fallen and invasion was underway. As the Red Army advanced, horrifying stories spread about the depravity of its soldiers. For many German people, there seemed to be nothing left but disgrace and despair. For tens of thousands of them, the only option was to choose death -- for themselves and for their children. "Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself" recounts this little-known mass event. Using diaries, letters, and memoirs, historian Florian Huber traces the euphoria of many ordinary Germans as Hitler restored national pride; their indifference as the Führer's political enemies, Jews, and other minorities began to suffer; and the descent into despair as the war took its terrible toll, especially after the invasion of the Soviet Union. Above all, he investigates how suicide became a contagious epidemic as the country collapsed. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and other primary sources, "Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself" presents a riveting portrait of a nation in crisis, and sheds light on a dramatic yet largely unknown episode of postwar Germany."--Amazon.com.
Ämnesord
- Andra världskriget 1939-1945 (sao)
- Krigsslutet 1945 (sao)
- Socialpsykologi (sao)
- Kollektivt självmord (sao)
- Suicide -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Psychological aspects. (LCSH)
- National socialism -- Germany -- Psychological aspects. (LCSH)
- National socialism -- Psychological aspects. (fast)
- Självmord -- historia (sao)
- Nazism -- psykologiska aspekter (sao)
- Politiska förhållanden -- historia (sao)
- World War, 1939-1945 (LCSH)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- End (LCSH)
- Social psychology (LCSH)
- Mass suicide (LCSH)
- Tyskland (sao)
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. (LCSH)
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. (LCSH)
- Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. (LCSH)
- 1939-1945 (andra världskriget) (sao)
Genre
- History. (lcgft)
Klassifikation
- HV6548.G3 (LCC)
- 940.531610943 (DDC)
- K.54 (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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