内容简介
ThelastmonthsoftheSecondWorldWarwereanightmarishtimetobealive.Unimaginablelevelsofviolencedestroyedentirecities.Millionsdiedorweredispossessed.Byallkindsofcriteriaitwastheend:theendoftheThirdReichanditsterribleempirebutalso,increasingly,itseemedtobetheendofEuropeancivilizationitself.Inhisgripping,revelatorynewbookIanKershawdescribesthesefinalmonths,fromthefailedattempttoassassinateHitlerinJuly1944totheGermansurrenderinMay1945.ThemajorquestionthatKershawattemptstoansweris:whatmadeGermanykeeponfighting?Inalmosteverymajorwartherehascomeapointwheredefeathasloomedforonesideanditsrulershavecutadealwiththevictors,ifonlyinanattempttosavetheirownskins.In"Hitler'sGermany",nothingofthiskindhappened:intheendtheregimehadtobestampedouttownbytownwithalevelofbrutalityalmostwithoutprecedent.Bothahighlyoriginalpieceofresearchandagrippingnarrative,"TheEnd"makesvividanerawhichstilldeeplyscarsEurope.ItraisesthemostprofoundquestionsaboutthenatureoftheSecondWorldWar,abouttheThirdReichandabouthowordinarypeoplebehaveinextremecircumstances.