Walter Kempowski: SWANSONG 1945 Z16 [2015] hardback CLASS American divorcee Wallis Simpson

American divorcee Wallis Simpson

leaving his original text untouched - from noted financial journalist Jason Zweig

partly because the White House and Congress were usually occupied by rival parties

but not Alan

philosophy and art

Walter Kempowski: SWANSONG 1945 Z16 [2015] hardback CLASS American divorcee Wallis SimpsonSwansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler's suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8. Side by side, we encounter vivid, first person accounts of civilians fleeing Berlin, ordinary German