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A review by maria_pulver
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by William L. Shirer
5.0
A real and only slightly edited diary that documented Shirer’s life as a foreign correspondent in Nazi Germany provides a day-to-day observations into various aspects of the country that started WW2.
Though sometimes Shirer is too judgmental and biased towards the German people or various Europeans governments and is not understanding or attentive enough of the prosecution of the Jews, the book describes a society built on lies, propaganda and promotion of false values. It reads as a cautionary tale, especially nowadays, when Putin’s Russia employs the same strategy and the same justification while invading Ukraine.
Though sometimes Shirer is too judgmental and biased towards the German people or various Europeans governments and is not understanding or attentive enough of the prosecution of the Jews, the book describes a society built on lies, propaganda and promotion of false values. It reads as a cautionary tale, especially nowadays, when Putin’s Russia employs the same strategy and the same justification while invading Ukraine.