书目

On Hitler's Mountain

内容简介

GrowingupinthebeautifulmountainsofBerchtesgaden--juststepsfromAdolfHitler'salpineretreat--IrmgardHunthadaseeminglyhappy,simplechildhood.Inherpowerful,illuminating,andsometimesfrighteningmemoir,Huntrecountsayouthlivedunderanevilbutpersuasiveleader.Asshegrewolder,theharshrealityofwar--andafewbraveadultswhoopposedtheNaziregime--arousedinherskepticismofNationalSocialistideologyandtheNazipropagandashewastaughttobelievein.InMay1945,aneleven-year-oldHuntwatchedAmericantroopsoccupyHitler'smountainretreat,signalingtheendoftheNazidictatorshipandWorldWarII.AstheNazicrimesbegantobeaccountedfor,manyGermanstriedtodenythetruthofwhathadoccurred;Hunt,incontrast,wasdeterminedtoknowandfacethefactsofhercountry'scriminalpast.OnHitler'sMountainismorethanamemoir--itisaportraitofanationthatlostitsmoralcompass.Itisaprovocativestoryofafamilyandacommunityinaperiodandlocationinhistorythat,thoughitisfastbecomingremotetous,hasimportantresonanceforourowntime.

作者简介

IrmgardA.Hunthasbeenanexecutiveatanumberofenvironmentalorganizations,includingtheNatureConservancyandtheEnvironmentalPartnershipforCentralEurope,aprojectoftheGermanMarshallFund.Afteryearsasaconsultanttoseveralinternationalnot-for-profitorganizations,sheretiredandbegantowritehermemoirs.SheholdsaB.A.fromColumbiaUniversity(whichsheearnedatagefifty-two)andanM.P.A.fromtheJohnF.KennedySchoolofGovernmentatHarvardUniversity.ShelivesinWashington,D.C.,andhastwochildrenandtwograndchildren.

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