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Berlin Diary
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 | William L. Shirer
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A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while in Europe during the 1930s. It was in 1940, still a virtual unknown, that Shirer wondered whether his reminiscences of the collapse of the world around Nazi Germany could be of any interest or value as a book. Shirer's Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, first appeared in 1941. The book was an instant success. But how did Shirer get such a valuable firsthand account? He had anonymous sources willing to speak with him, provided their identity remained protected and disguised so as to avoid retaliation from the Gestapo. Shirer recorded his and others' eyewitness views to the horror that Hitler was inflicting on his people in his effort to conquer Europe. Shirer continued his job as a foreign correspondent and radio reporter for CBS until Nazi press censors made it virtually impossible for him to do his job with any real accuracy. He left Europe, taking with him the invaluable, unforgettable (and horrific) contents of his Berlin Diary. Berlin Diary brings the reader as close as any reporter has ever been to Hitler and the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer's honest, lucid and passionate reporting of the brutality with which Hitler came to power and the immediate reactions of those who witnessed these events is for all time.
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ValerieAndBooks
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This book is quoted frequently in my current non-fic read, The Splendid and the Vile by Eric Larson, so my jaw dropped when I saw this in a local Little Free Library today 😮. Says inside published June 20, 1941. Discovered the note inserted in the book just now. Interesting!!

Jari-chan What a great find! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @Jari-chan yes, especially in a LFL. Wonder who put it there. Cover is a bit battered but book itself in good condition! 4y
Nute So cool how that came about for you and then the bonus discovery of a little left behind note. Today is a good day!🙂 4y
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arubabookwoman The note is interesting, but a little sad and lonely. 4y
LeahBergen That‘s so cool!! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @Nute yes, quite the surprise!! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @arubabookwoman I agree. The more I think about it, the more I wonder who they were and the circumstances. Sisters, maybe? Written when it was still wartime? 4y
Ruthiella I LOVE it when that happens! Bookish serendipity! 😀 (edited) 4y
Leftcoastzen Love that letterhead! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @Ruthiella yes, serendipity indeed 😀 ! 4y
ValerieAndBooks @leftcoastzen Just looked up the address of the letterhead and it‘s where the high rise federal prison is in Philly (which went up about 30 years ago). 4y
ValerieAndBooks @LeahBergen it‘s neat to find unexpected stuff like this (both the book and note) ! 4y
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shortsarahrose
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Today‘s used #bookhaul. I love the little Brandenburg Gate on the spine of the Berlin Diary.

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