Central Kansas Library System

"The best-selling author of "Hitler: Ascent" and "Hitler: Downfall" reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany. On April 30, 1945, in a bunker deep beneath the Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his newly wedded wife, Eva Braun, killed themselves. But Nazi Germany lived on, however briefly. The subsequent eight days were among the most turbulent in history, witnessing not only the final battles of World War II and the collapse...

This book discusses the animosity and distrust among the world's powerful nations at the beginning of the twentieth century, the humiliation of the German people after their defeat in World War I, the social forces that shaped Adolf Hitler's thinking, and the reorganization of the Nazis party.

As Ilse and her family flee the Soviet army, their young Polish laborer tells enchanting folktales to keep Ilse's mind off the cold, the hunger, and the horrors. None of them realize his stories will prove prophetic.