Prométeme que te pegarás un tiro: La historia de los suicidios en masa al final del Tercer Reich
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Summary
La epidemia de suicidios que barrió Alemania al caer el nazismo。 En 1945， el Tercer Reich cayó y Adolf Hitler se suicidó en su búnker de Berlín。 Pero no fue el único que decidió acabar con su vida。 Con la caída del régimen nazi， miles de alemanes de a pie se ahorcaron， pegaron un tiro， envenenaron o ahogaron， siguiendo al Führer a la muerte。 Muchas de estas muertes fueron provocadas por el terror ante el avance de las tropas soviéticas o por los sentimientos de culpa， pero， como sucede a menudo， la explicación no es tan sencilla。 Florian Huber explora con maestría el porqué de este terrible fenómeno。 Alemania no ha sido el único país en perder una guerra， pero en ningún otro lugar se respondió de manera tan cataclísmica。 Otros países， como Japón， tenían una cultura del suicidio por honor， pero no así Alemania。 ¿Qué llevó， pues， a familias enteras a acabar con sus vidas， incluso a matar a los niños y bebés？ En esta original y brillante investigación histórica， Huber explora las raíces y consecuencias de la relación entre los alemanes y el Tercer Reich y lleva a una nueva comprensión de lo que supuso la caída del nazismo para Alemania。 Prométeme que te pegarás un tiro es una explicación magnífica de uno de los episodios menos conocidos de la historia europea del siglo xx y una ventana a la psique de un pueblo que pasó en pocos años de la cima del mundo a lo más hondo del abismo。
Reviews
Mike Glaser
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A solid account of the mass suicides that occurred in Germany at the end of World War II。 Recommended。
Ian
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Great account of the German national psyche after WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles and how that fuelled the rise of Hitler and German National-Socialism up to the death of Hitler and the end of WW2。 The book starts after the Second War as victorious troops sweep in from the East （Russia） and West （British， American and other allies） and describes the epidemic of suicide amongst the German civilian population。 Initially this is presented as a fear of violence and reprisals by the Russians， but ev Great account of the German national psyche after WW1 and the Treaty of Versailles and how that fuelled the rise of Hitler and German National-Socialism up to the death of Hitler and the end of WW2。 The book starts after the Second War as victorious troops sweep in from the East （Russia） and West （British， American and other allies） and describes the epidemic of suicide amongst the German civilian population。 Initially this is presented as a fear of violence and reprisals by the Russians， but eventually it becomes clear that a sense of national shame， or guilt， fuelled many of these hundreds， if not thousands， of deaths。Intriguing stuff。。。 。。。more
Layla Wolfe
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Astonishing。 My mother was a German。 Germany but never talked about it。 She must not have left there till about 1956。
Manja W
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Dieses Buch beschreibt eine Gefühlswelt， die sich nicht in gut und böse oder schuldig und unschuldig einteilen lassen will。 Eine Gefühlswelt， bei der es mehr als ein paar Seiten braucht， um sie einzufangen。 Der Autor schafft es， die Tristesse der Weimarer Republik， die Euphorie der Machtergreifung und später die Verdrängung des eigenen Handeln nach dem Krieg greifbar zu machen。 Wegen der unerträglichen， nicht enden wollenden Berichte von Eltern， die ihre Kinder aus Verzweiflung reihenweise mit i Dieses Buch beschreibt eine Gefühlswelt， die sich nicht in gut und böse oder schuldig und unschuldig einteilen lassen will。 Eine Gefühlswelt， bei der es mehr als ein paar Seiten braucht， um sie einzufangen。 Der Autor schafft es， die Tristesse der Weimarer Republik， die Euphorie der Machtergreifung und später die Verdrängung des eigenen Handeln nach dem Krieg greifbar zu machen。 Wegen der unerträglichen， nicht enden wollenden Berichte von Eltern， die ihre Kinder aus Verzweiflung reihenweise mit in den Tod nahmen， musste ich das Buch aber gerade zu Anfang immer wieder aus der Hand legen。 。。。more
JC
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Genau danach habe ich gesucht。 Florian Huber legt den Fokus in seinem Buch nicht auf die harten Fakten der politischen Veränderungen unter den Nazis， sondern auf die sozio-ökonomische Lage und die Gefühle der Deutschen kurz vor und während der NS-Zeit。 Natürlich sind die Fakten sehr wichtig， aber wer im Geschichtsunterricht damit vollgestopft wurde， findet es sicher interessant zu erfahren， was die Leute damals angetrieben hat， menschenverachtende Verbrechen zu begehen oder vor diesen die Augen Genau danach habe ich gesucht。 Florian Huber legt den Fokus in seinem Buch nicht auf die harten Fakten der politischen Veränderungen unter den Nazis， sondern auf die sozio-ökonomische Lage und die Gefühle der Deutschen kurz vor und während der NS-Zeit。 Natürlich sind die Fakten sehr wichtig， aber wer im Geschichtsunterricht damit vollgestopft wurde， findet es sicher interessant zu erfahren， was die Leute damals angetrieben hat， menschenverachtende Verbrechen zu begehen oder vor diesen die Augen zu verschließen。Wie der Titel andeutet， geht es in dem Buch hauptsächlich um die Selbstmordwelle unter der deutschen Bevölkerung am Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs。 Im Zuge dessen analysiert Huber sowohl die direkten Auslöser im Krieg， als auch die verborgenen， ideellen Auslöser， die mehr als 10 Jahre NS-Herrschaft in den Menschen eingepflanzt hatten。 Dabei greift Huber immer wieder auf Memoiren und Tagebücher von Zeitzeugen zurück。 Das ganze ist psychologisch hochspannend， nur manchmal hatte ich das Gefühl， dass Huber besser sachlich als als dramatisch schreibt; Die Beschreibungen der Gefühle der Hauptpersohnen kamen oft etwas flach rüber。 Gewisse Phrasen haben sich außerdem immer wieder wiederholt。 Alles in allem aber durchaus lesbar und interessant， wenn man mehr über die Abgründe der Menschlichkeit lernen möchte。 。。。more
Michael
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Excellent read but really depressing。
Holly
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Florian Huber memorialises the unknown ‘dark number’ of german civilians who took their lives in the under-reported ‘suicide epidemic’ which swept the country with the end of the second world war and advance of the Red Army into Germany in 1945。 The first half of the book is affecting and heavy， telling its story through personal narratives and a shocking sheer weight of examples。 In the epilogue， Huber notes this is one of the last great events for society to come to terms with in contemporary Florian Huber memorialises the unknown ‘dark number’ of german civilians who took their lives in the under-reported ‘suicide epidemic’ which swept the country with the end of the second world war and advance of the Red Army into Germany in 1945。 The first half of the book is affecting and heavy， telling its story through personal narratives and a shocking sheer weight of examples。 In the epilogue， Huber notes this is one of the last great events for society to come to terms with in contemporary memory of the war; certainly I hadn’t heard of it and was very moved by the accounts， as I was by another book on the civilian cost of war which brought me here through its footnote to Huber: Christina Lamb’s ‘Our Bodies their Battlefield’。The second half of the book attempts to analyse the emotional sentiment of the german people which would lead many towards such an extreme act of suicide or murder suicide。 Huber persuasively draws out a narrative of the mood of the country from the pessimism of the weimar republic， through to an early fanaticism for hitler into steady acceptance and filial love， to a staunch refusal over the course of Nazi rule to look behind the ‘dark curtain’ except when its horrors pierced through into people’s own personal sphere like hamlet’s sword。 We are left finally faced with civilians at the end of the war in a state of total depletement and grief - what Arendt calls ‘living ghosts’ - turning markedly into victimisation， then all out nihilism， manifesting in its severest form as suicide。 The book does not shy away from the implication of the populace in the horrors it lived under， but remains human and empathetic to the toll of their situation too。Huber， his translator， and notably even his sources themselves （the story is told often through the individual lives of civilian diarists from across the spectrum of nazi support and resistance） are eloquent and articulate。 His ideas are delicate， balanced， and well told。 Also - warning - illustrated with photographs。 Hence why it has caused me to reflect at such length。 Definitely a book that will stay with me。 。。。more
Erik Empson
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A sensitively told， poignant and searching account of the mass suicides that coincided with the advance of Russian armies into Germany at the end of the Second World War。The book follows the stories of several individuals， showing the fear， despair， and nihilism that followed the defeat and the puncturing of the collective delusion of superiority and righteousness that characterised the Nazi era。
Senno
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Ich spreche eine absolute Empfehlung für dieses Buch aus。 Es wird sehr anschaulich geschildert wie die letzten Tage des 2。 Weltkrieges für unterschiedliches Klientel im Land aussahen。 Außerdem führt es dem Leser vor Augen welche Kollateralschäden Hitlers Herrschaft nach sich zog， auch in Deutschland。 Nach lesem dieses Buches sollte ein jeder darüber nachdenken ob der Spruch "Der Beat ballert wie Dresden 45" wirklich angebracht ist。 Ich spreche eine absolute Empfehlung für dieses Buch aus。 Es wird sehr anschaulich geschildert wie die letzten Tage des 2。 Weltkrieges für unterschiedliches Klientel im Land aussahen。 Außerdem führt es dem Leser vor Augen welche Kollateralschäden Hitlers Herrschaft nach sich zog， auch in Deutschland。 Nach lesem dieses Buches sollte ein jeder darüber nachdenken ob der Spruch "Der Beat ballert wie Dresden 45" wirklich angebracht ist。 。。。more
Stephen Hancock
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Difficult but educational readHitler’s Speech in Jan （39？） made reference to ‘Tens of thousands of suicides annually under Weimar。’ A prophecy of things to come at the end of the war。 Tens of thousands did so die， rather than be captured by Soviet or US armies。 Their story is told here。 Propaganda and fear。 The book is， unusually redacted and so ends disappointingly。 That said， the content is accurate and an excellent bibliography is included。Shame a similar investigation has not been carried ou Difficult but educational readHitler’s Speech in Jan （39？） made reference to ‘Tens of thousands of suicides annually under Weimar。’ A prophecy of things to come at the end of the war。 Tens of thousands did so die， rather than be captured by Soviet or US armies。 Their story is told here。 Propaganda and fear。 The book is， unusually redacted and so ends disappointingly。 That said， the content is accurate and an excellent bibliography is included。Shame a similar investigation has not been carried out into the tens of thousands of German POW’s who died in allied hands （mainly starvation） after May 1945， or the millions of German civilians who died being forced back to Germany from Poland， Hungary， Belorussia etc。 If we don’t learn from history …。。 。。。more
Yvonne
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I read the book in the wake of my last book， EIGHT DAYS IN MAY， which brought up a topic of what I never heard about。It is about the wave of suicides， yes， a veritable suicide epidemic that struck Germany at the end of the war in 1945。 The most terrific tragedy of this kind occurred in the northern German city of Demmin， where more than 600 people killed theirself。 This happenning and the mass suicide in general was hushed up for decades and is still a widespread taboo subject in the country tha I read the book in the wake of my last book， EIGHT DAYS IN MAY， which brought up a topic of what I never heard about。It is about the wave of suicides， yes， a veritable suicide epidemic that struck Germany at the end of the war in 1945。 The most terrific tragedy of this kind occurred in the northern German city of Demmin， where more than 600 people killed theirself。 This happenning and the mass suicide in general was hushed up for decades and is still a widespread taboo subject in the country that is now slowly but surely gaining more attention。The book is divided into four parts （every part is again divided in more chapters）; the first one the first chapter is devoted to the happening in Demmin。It's tragic， shocking， sad and gripping written。 With the third part， it starts to get very interesting and exciting: It's picking up where the disaster started: in the 1920s。 It describes the mood of the Germans in the Weimar Republic and their displeasure about the Peace Treaty of Versailles。 It reports on the global economic crisis and how the desperate Germans longed for a "saviour"。Based on several personal fates （based on diary entries， stories & memories）， one follows the mood swings of the German people - from euphoric at Hitler's rise to self-destructive and without any belief in a future at the fall of the Third Reich。Ultimately， a plausible， understandable picture emerges of why people at the end of the war saw death as the only way out。 A history of the emotional and mental world of the people in the Third Reich and at the same time historical reportage and mentality study。Incredibly gripping & movingly written！！ 。。。more
Matthew Wimberley
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Interesting perspective， follows a few 'ordinary' Germans from pre-war goings ons through the end of the conflict。 Also brings to light the suicide phenomenon other Germans committed as the war wound down。 Interesting perspective， follows a few 'ordinary' Germans from pre-war goings ons through the end of the conflict。 Also brings to light the suicide phenomenon other Germans committed as the war wound down。 。。。more
Mara
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Ellie
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“Suicide epidemic— the Reverend Gerhard Jacobi was the first to use this term， evoking thoughts of an infectious disease lurking in large numbers of people， ready to break out at any time and spread like wildfire。”One of history's most well-known suicides， that of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler， occurred in the final days of the Second World War， five metres underground in his Berlin bunker。 As Huber writes， ‘few farewell performances have been so minutely documented。’ While Hitler’s suicide was exh “Suicide epidemic— the Reverend Gerhard Jacobi was the first to use this term， evoking thoughts of an infectious disease lurking in large numbers of people， ready to break out at any time and spread like wildfire。”One of history's most well-known suicides， that of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler， occurred in the final days of the Second World War， five metres underground in his Berlin bunker。 As Huber writes， ‘few farewell performances have been so minutely documented。’ While Hitler’s suicide was exhaustively chronicled， an extraordinary wave of mass suicides among ordinary Germans was all but forgotten in the history books。 Florian Huber examines this harrowing phenomenon， using first-hand accounts to piece together the collective psyche of the time。 He asks the question: what drove thousands of people to end their lives？ And how did the nation deteriorate to reach this level of despair？Amongst other motivations， Huber considers those driven by fear， shame， and an unwillingness to live in a post-Nazi society。 Some were deathly afraid of the advancement of the Russian soldiers， and the horrors they had been rumoured to inflict on civilians; some had grown disgusted by the truths of the Nazi regime， as well as their own complacency in earlier years。 Some， like those high in the Nazi leadership， couldn’t bear the thought of a nation run by the Allies， and an acceptance of those they had widely tarred as sub-human。 To explore these driving factors， Huber reflects on the rise of the Third Reich and delves into the question of how German society and its ordinary citizens arrived at this terrible fate。Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself is no doubt a harrowing book— the title alone indicates a somber read ahead。 In spite of the disturbing subject matter， I found this book to be informative and thought-provoking。 Huber shines a spotlight on a lesser-known， but still important chapter of WWII， and considers the lives of ordinary people under one of the most infamous regimes in history 。。。more
Amolhavoc
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A search for a psychological explanation of the tens of thousands of suicides which took place place in Germany following （and indeed preceding） the downfall of the Third Reich。 Huber's method is to follow the lives of a handful of ordinary Germans， most of them Nazi sympathisers to varying degrees， from the Weimar years to the post-war period， using diaries and autobiographies as source material。 This isn't an easy or comfortable read by any stretch of the imagination， but I found it to be a tr A search for a psychological explanation of the tens of thousands of suicides which took place place in Germany following （and indeed preceding） the downfall of the Third Reich。 Huber's method is to follow the lives of a handful of ordinary Germans， most of them Nazi sympathisers to varying degrees， from the Weimar years to the post-war period， using diaries and autobiographies as source material。 This isn't an easy or comfortable read by any stretch of the imagination， but I found it to be a tremendously valuable insight into an aspect of history little known or thought about （at least in this country）。 。。。more
Perato
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A book about a interesting subject that falls flat in it's structure。This book tells mostly about how thousands， maybe tens of thousands Germans shot themselves during the final months of the war。 It's story driven， with personal anecdotes and experiences of the last days。 The book is structured in 4 parts， in which the first two cover the stories of different cases of suicide， especially using the town of Demmin as a brutal example。 After more than 100 pages one get's the picture and it gets so A book about a interesting subject that falls flat in it's structure。This book tells mostly about how thousands， maybe tens of thousands Germans shot themselves during the final months of the war。 It's story driven， with personal anecdotes and experiences of the last days。 The book is structured in 4 parts， in which the first two cover the stories of different cases of suicide， especially using the town of Demmin as a brutal example。 After more than 100 pages one get's the picture and it gets somewhat repetitive if only a tad。The book dives directly to the point without much explanation。 In this sort of work I would've wished a more personal approach by the writer， like what drove him to write about the subject and what is his aim。 After two parts， the book takes an deep dive into German history and what people felt during Nazi regime。 Yet in the short span of this book， it feels way too short to properly answer the question "why"。 After this Huber tries to tie his too long and too short parts into together， and again falls a bit short。 The book is disjointed and structured poorly to hold interested and I see why people say that they didn't finish the book。 It almost feels like I'm reading some sort of journal/magazine with different writers about different subjects， rather than an edited book by one writer。It's not poorly written， and Huber's tries different approaches to the different yet similar deaths。 Definitely am going to give this another read some day in the future but might start with chapter 3 and then go on to 1，2 and 4。 。。。more
Mary
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It is a difficult book to rate。 The topic is interesting and important。 The book has brought me some new information。 But it lacked something for me。 Maybe my point of view is already to coloured from being raised in a country which was "on the opposite side" but I wasn't able to connect。It feels to me like the book wants me to understand but even though it gives me more information I cannot connect and truly understand。 I don't want to judge （especially since I know nowadays in Germany they spe It is a difficult book to rate。 The topic is interesting and important。 The book has brought me some new information。 But it lacked something for me。 Maybe my point of view is already to coloured from being raised in a country which was "on the opposite side" but I wasn't able to connect。It feels to me like the book wants me to understand but even though it gives me more information I cannot connect and truly understand。 I don't want to judge （especially since I know nowadays in Germany they spend time and energy on acknowledgement and information） but the book hasn't lived up to my expectations。 。。。more
Alex
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A brilliant， heavy， and impactful read。 It will stay with me for many， many years。 But even so I can't help but feel unsatisfied by where the writer has lead me: was the suicide "epidemic" of a defeated Germany the symptom of a people defeated or a people ashamed？ And if so， why so many or why so few？ A brilliant， heavy， and impactful read。 It will stay with me for many， many years。 But even so I can't help but feel unsatisfied by where the writer has lead me: was the suicide "epidemic" of a defeated Germany the symptom of a people defeated or a people ashamed？ And if so， why so many or why so few？ 。。。more
Liz
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I picked this book up out of a perverse fascination with the idea， how could suicide be an endemic？ The first half of this book details thousands of suicides in the last year of WWII， pulling no punches and describing the horrors of the rape， destruction， and despair faced by average citizens in Germany。 This section was written starkly but with a sense of solemnity for these average people facing insurmountable fears。 The rest of the book is what really clinched this as a 5 star book for me。 Hu I picked this book up out of a perverse fascination with the idea， how could suicide be an endemic？ The first half of this book details thousands of suicides in the last year of WWII， pulling no punches and describing the horrors of the rape， destruction， and despair faced by average citizens in Germany。 This section was written starkly but with a sense of solemnity for these average people facing insurmountable fears。 The rest of the book is what really clinched this as a 5 star book for me。 Huber dives into the average citizens world in 1945， beginning with the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI。 He weaves the political and cultural aspects of every day together to show how Hitler's rise and fall affected the average person。 He sets the stage for the dramatic fall from German pride and invincibility， to when the rug was pulled from under the average man's feet。 Germany was not invincible， and couldn't protect its citizens， so the only choice for many was to die by their own hands。 I read this book hungrily， drawn along by personal accounts。 I highly recommend it。 。。。more
Harriet
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It doesn't feel right to rate a nonfiction book， particularly one about such a heavy and harrowing topic， but from a writing point of view， this book is fantastic。This book was very interesting in a tragic way。 Everyone is taught about WWII at school， but very few of us learn about the wave of suicides that happened in Germany when the war ended。 This book is informative and told in a concise and clear way。 Florian Huber is talented at being able to write about difficult and dense history in an It doesn't feel right to rate a nonfiction book， particularly one about such a heavy and harrowing topic， but from a writing point of view， this book is fantastic。This book was very interesting in a tragic way。 Everyone is taught about WWII at school， but very few of us learn about the wave of suicides that happened in Germany when the war ended。 This book is informative and told in a concise and clear way。 Florian Huber is talented at being able to write about difficult and dense history in an easy-to-understand way。 Massive credit also to the translator， Imogen Taylor， because this translation is exceptional。 It is the perfect tone for the topic and is simply very well written in English。 Interwoven with the historical facts is a focus on individual's stories which makes the history more accessible to read but also gives it a personal aspect。 Overall， this is not at all an easy book to read because the topic is extremely heavy - descriptions of suicide （and also some photographs）， followed by an analysis of Hitler's rise to power and how it led to this eventual outcome。 I had learnt about a lot of the information in the second half already， but almost all of the first half was completely new to me。 This book is very interesting and written in a clear and engaging way， and therefore， I would recommend this book， provided you are in a the right mindset to read about the topic。 。。。more
John Pocus
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Interesting book about Germany's rise and fall with mass suicide in the first portion and a discussion of some true-believer survivors at the end。 I gave this three stars because its hard to keep up with the different people he profiles throughout the book。 One paragraph it is one person's portion of their story， then it shift gears unexpectedly。 At first， it was hard to follow but got easier when I realized what the writer was doing - parts of each person's story interspersed through the book。 Interesting book about Germany's rise and fall with mass suicide in the first portion and a discussion of some true-believer survivors at the end。 I gave this three stars because its hard to keep up with the different people he profiles throughout the book。 One paragraph it is one person's portion of their story， then it shift gears unexpectedly。 At first， it was hard to follow but got easier when I realized what the writer was doing - parts of each person's story interspersed through the book。 It is really a 3。75 because of that issue。 If you check out from the library on e-book， the formatting is annoying going from no line spacing to double spacing throughout。 Not the author's problem though。 。。。more
Denis Murphy
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Thought provockingThis book gave me a better insight into the inner world and emotional turmoil experienced by the average every day German during one of the darkest periods of their history。
Karin Römer
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Wat een enorm chaotisch boek。 Het springt echt van de hak op de tak。 Ik vind het geen prettig boek om te lezen。
Paul
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To paraphrase Lord Byron:"So Nazi folk have cut their throats！—The worst Of this is，—that their own were not the first。"[Full review to follow] To paraphrase Lord Byron:"So Nazi folk have cut their throats！—The worst Of this is，—that their own were not the first。"[Full review to follow] 。。。more
Annelies _ leest
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Florian Huber schrijft met Kind， beloof me dat je de kogel kiest een stukje vergeten geschiedenis。 De Duitse burgers die na de dood van Hitler hun rust vinden in massale zelfmoorden， het vermoorden van hun kinderen en naasten。。。Uit angst voor het Rode leger en voor de gevolgen van de daden van Hitler。Een onbelichte kant van de Tweede Wereldoorlog waar ik niets vanaf wist， ik haalde dan ook massa's informatie uit dit boek。 Onvoorstelbare informatie， helder uitgelegd maar enorm zwaarmoedig en hard Florian Huber schrijft met Kind， beloof me dat je de kogel kiest een stukje vergeten geschiedenis。 De Duitse burgers die na de dood van Hitler hun rust vinden in massale zelfmoorden， het vermoorden van hun kinderen en naasten。。。Uit angst voor het Rode leger en voor de gevolgen van de daden van Hitler。Een onbelichte kant van de Tweede Wereldoorlog waar ik niets vanaf wist， ik haalde dan ook massa's informatie uit dit boek。 Onvoorstelbare informatie， helder uitgelegd maar enorm zwaarmoedig en hard。 Het boek is moeilijk in één keer uit te lezen omdat het zo aangrijpend is。Het boek is opgedeeld in twee grote delen: het vallen van het Derde Rijk en de opbouw van het Derde Rijk， hoe de Duitse burgers verliefd werden op Hitler。 De informatie die je krijgt， die al dan niet in een verhalende lijn is， wordt afgewisseld met dagboekfragmenten en herinneringen。 Dit geeft een beter inzicht in het lijden van de Duitse burgers。 Ook zijn er enkele foto's en illustraties toegevoegd die wel degelijk een meerwaarde geven aan het boek。Het is een heel erg interessant boek dat mij vele inzichten bijbracht。 Sommige delen waren wat moeilijker te volgen dan andere， maar ik vond het zeker en vast de moeite waard om Kind， beloof me dat je de kogel kiest te lezen。 Het geeft mij de curiositeit om mij verder te verdiepen in dit deel van de Tweede Wereldoorlog。Vindt mij ook op Facebook en Instagram @annelies_leest。 。。。more
Hunter
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It felt too padded out at points， with large sections of the work just seeming tangentially related to the topic at hand， at best。
Jackie
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I understand why he structured it the way he did， but I don't think it worked。 I would have liked more scholarship on what happened and why when it came to the mass suicides。 I understand why he structured it the way he did， but I don't think it worked。 I would have liked more scholarship on what happened and why when it came to the mass suicides。 。。。more
Twan
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Florian Huber describes a part of history which has been largely ignored for the last 75 years。 The first part of this book is certainly disgusting and interesting at the same time because of Hubers descriptive writing style。 The other parts of the book are still well-written， but just not so renewing as the first part。
JackB
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A great book。 Makes you feel like you were with the people during the events covered。 Provides great insight into how people can act and how they felt in crisis。
Mark Farley
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