This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices―even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett―into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon.
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes?
The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were drama...
This fascinating and shocking history of the rise of the Nazis draws together a multitude of expatriate voices―even Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett―into a powerful narrative charting this extraordinary phenomenon.
Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what’s right in front of your eyes?
The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible, but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt―even of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda, or predict the Holocaust?
Travelers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, fascists, artists, tourists, and even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler―one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere.
These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes, and its ultimate destruction.
作者简介
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Julia Boyd is the author of A Dance with the Dragon: The Vanished World of Peking’s Foreign Colony; The Excellent Doctor Blackwell: The Life of the First Woman Physician; and Hannah Riddell: An Englishwoman in Japan. Previously a trustee of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, she now lives in London.
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这次盛大的活动于1934年8月4日至10日在柏林体育宫举行，有来自世界各地的约九百名代表参会……但美国代表团却从希特勒身上看到了诸多值得钦佩的因素。“一个要求妇女举止端庄，反对色情，而且不吸烟、不喝酒的领导人，当然不可能是个彻头彻尾的坏人。”“有一位代表记录道：“在这个国家无法销售淫秽的色情文学，这让人感到极大的宽慰，在那里无法放映糜烂及黑帮主题的电影。”在这方面，即使是前一年臭名远扬的书籍焚烧，也符合美国浸信会的信条，因为“新德国焚烧掉大量腐朽的书籍和杂志，还烧掉了犹太共产党人的几个图书馆”。德国新闻界迅速注意到，三十位非裔美国牧师在大会上未受到种族隔离对待。其中之一是老迈克尔・金（ Michael King），他受到此次德国之行的强烈启发，尤其受到马丁・路德宗教改革榜样的启发，在返回亚特兰大后，把自己和儿子的名字都改为：马丁·路德・金。 (查看原文)
还没人写过短评呢
还没人写过短评呢