End of a Berlin Diary, William L. Shirer
End of a Berlin Diary, William L. Shirer
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End of a Berlin Diary

Author: William L. Shirer

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 15 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2020

Synopsis

A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s. It was in 1940, when he was still virtually unknown, that Shirer wondered whether his eyewitness account 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, appeared in 1941. The book was an instant success—and would not be the last of his expert observations on Europe.Shirer returned to the European front in 1944 to cover the end of the war. As the smoke cleared, Shirer—who watched the birth of a monster that threatened to engulf the world—now stood witness to the death of the Third Reich.End of a Berlin Diary chronicles this year-long study of Germany after Hitler. Through a combination of Shirer’s lucid, honest reporting, along with passages on the Nuremberg trials, copies of captured Nazi documents, and an eyewitness account of Hitler’s last days, Shirer provides insight into the unrest, the weariness, and the tentative steps world leaders took towards peace.

About William L. Shirer

William L. Shirer (1904–1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than fifty years and was #1 New York Times bestseller. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, he was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team of journalists known as “Murrow’s Boys.” He reported from Berlin for the Universal News Service and for CBS on the rise of the Nazis, and he covered their fall as a war correspondent. Out of these reports grew his other New York Times bestsellers Berlin Diary, The Nightmare Years, End of a Berlin Diary, Midcentury Journey, and The Collapse of the Third Republic. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich sold more copies for the Book-of-the-Month Club than any other book in the club’s history.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981.  He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine.  Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist.  In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams.  Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules.  Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University.  He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wayne on July 10, 2009

This is the MUST read conclusion to A Berlin Diary 1934 - 1941. William Shirer with his return to Berlin after its fall and occupation, in his absence of a mere few years, is to witness the reaping of the whirlwind. A total transformation awaited him in the total destruction of a familiar city, a soci......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G. on March 20, 2017

William Shirer's definitive Rise And Fall of Third Reich was so very well known, so unquestionably acknowledged to be THE book to read on the topic if one were to read just one, that one sort of postponed it when reading other stuff on the topic - after all, the horrors of the second world war, espe......more

Goodreads review by Gremrien on February 05, 2023

After reading “Berlin Diary,” I discovered that there is also a continuation of this book, “End of a Berlin Diary,” written in the last months of WW2 and immediately after WW2. Naturally, I stopped reading what I already read at the moment and found this book. Well, it’s definitely not the same thing......more

Goodreads review by Alexander on June 23, 2022

Well, it was somewhat sad to realize that what we have now in Russia is just a common garden variety nazism. But it seems like so. The parallels are obvious, and most descriptions can be ported without any changes by simply replacing “Germany” to “Russia”, and adjusting dates. This makes me extremel......more

Goodreads review by James on June 15, 2021

Disappointing William Shirer’s Berlin Diary was fresh and spontaneous, engaging the reader in the world of pre-war Germany. The End of Berlin Diary seems forced, two many names dropped without analysis or interpretation. The failure to discuss the horrors of the Concentration Camps is a major flaw.......more

Quotes

“A vivid and unforgettable word picture of the destruction of Nazi Germany.” New York Times

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