A review by nrschultz
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer

5.0

The depiction of Nazi Germany in this book is not what I expected. Shirer is not a fan, but his reasons are not those that first come to mind, namely the brutal persecution of Jews, Pols and other European minorities. Instead, as is not surprising from the diary of a journalist, much of the vitriol the Shirer talks about is around the Nazi propaganda machine, and how it affects not only his work as a reporter, but also the attitudes of average Germans across WWII Germany. This is an excellent book.