Resultaten voor 'volker ullrich'
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Fateful Hours
A timely and grippingly immersive book about how democracy died in the Weimar Republic by a celebrated historian
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Fateful Hours
Democracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic. Germany's first democracy endured for fourteen tumultuous years and culminated with the horrific rise of the Third Reich. As one commentator wrote in July 1933: Hitler had "won the game with little effort. . . . All he had to do was huff and puff-and the edifice of German politics collapsed like a house of cards." But this tragedy was not inevitable. In Fateful Hours, award-winning historian Volker Ullrich chronicles the captivating story of the Republic, capturing a nation and its people teetering on the abyss. Born from the ashes of the First World War, the fledgling democracy was saddled with debt and political instability from its beginning. In its early years, a relentless chain of crises-hyperinflation, foreign invasion, and upheaval from the right and left-shook the republic, only letting up during a brief period of stability in the 1920s. Social and cultural norms were upended. Political murder was the order of the day. Yet despite all the challenges, the Weimar Republic was not destined for its ignoble end. Drawing on letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, and other sources, Ullrich charts the many failed alternatives and missed opportunities that contributed to German democracy's collapse. In an immersive style that takes us to the heart of political power, Ullrich argues that, right up until January 1933, history was open. There was no shortage of opportunities to stop the slide into fascism. Just as in the present, it is up to us whether democracy lives or dies.
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Deutschland 1923
Volker Ullrich ist Historiker und leitete von 1990 bis 2009 bei der Wochenzeitung "Die ZEIT" das Ressort 'Politisches Buch'. Zu seinen Werken gehören die zweibändige Biografie "Adolf Hitler" (2013 und 2018) sowie der Bestseller "Acht Tage im Mai" (2020 und C.H.Beck Paperback 2021). Zuletzt ist von ihm erschienen "Schicksalsstunden einer Demokratie".
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Acht Tage im Mai
Die letzte Woche des Dritten Reiches hat begonnen. Hitler ist tot, aber der Krieg noch nicht zu Ende. Alles scheint zum Stillstand zu kommen, und doch ist alles in atemloser Bewegung. Volker Ullrich schildert Tag für Tag diese "zeitlose Zeit" und entführt den Leser in eine zusammenbrechende Welt voller Dramatik und Gewalt, Hoffnung und Angst. Sein Buch ist eine unvergessliche Zeitreise in den Untergang.
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Eight Days in May
In a bunker deep below Berlin's Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, took their own lives just after 3:00 p.m. on April 30, 1945-Hitler by gunshot to the temple, Braun by ingesting cyanide. But the Führer's suicide did not instantly end either Nazism or the Second World War in Europe. Far from it: the eight days that followed were among the most traumatic in modern history, witnessing not only the final paroxysms of bloodshed and the frantic surrender of the Wehrmacht, but the total disintegration of the once-mighty Third Reich. In Eight Days in May, the award-winning historian and Hitler biographer Volker Ullrich draws on an astonishing variety of sources, including diaries and letters of ordinary Germans, to narrate a society's descent into Hobbesian chaos. In the town of Demmin in the north, residents succumbed to madness and committed mass suicide. In Berlin, Soviet soldiers raped German civilians on a near-unprecedented scale. In Nazi-occupied Prague, Czech insurgents led an uprising in the hope that General George S. Patton would come to their aid but were brutally put down by German units in the city. Throughout the remains of Third Reich, huge numbers of people were on the move, creating a surrealistic tableau: death marches of concentration-camp inmates crossed paths with retreating Wehrmacht soldiers and groups of refugees; columns of POWs encountered those of liberated slave laborers and bombed-out people returning home.A taut, propulsive narrative, Eight Days in May takes us inside the phantomlike regime of Hitler's chosen successor, Admiral Karl Dönitz, revealing how the desperate attempt to impose order utterly failed, as frontline soldiers deserted and Nazi Party fanatics called on German civilians to martyr themselves in a last stand against encroaching Allied forces. In truth, however, the post-Hitler government represented continuity more than change: its leaders categorically refused to take responsibility for their crimes against humanity, an attitude typical not just of the Nazi elite but also of large segments of the German populace. The consequences would be severe. Eight Days in May is not only an indispensable account of the Nazi endgame, but a historic work that brilliantly examines the costs of mass delusion.
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Eight Days in May
'Superb' David Aaronovitch, The Times 'A punchy account that is a proper page-turner' Financial Times 'The last days of the Third Reich have often been told, but seldom with the verve, perception and elegance of Volker Ullrich's rich narrative' Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War 1 May 1945. The world did not know it yet, but the final week of the Third Reich's existence had begun. Hitler was dead, but the war had still not ended. Everything had both ground to a halt and yet remained agonizingly uncertain. Volker Ullrich's remarkable book takes the reader into a world torn between hope and terror, violence and peace. Ullrich describes how each day unfolds, with Germany now under a new Führer, Admiral Dönitz, based improbably in the small Baltic town of Flensburg. With Hitler dead, Berlin in ruins and the war undoubtedly lost, the process by which the fighting would end remained horrifyingly unclear. Many major Nazis were still on the loose, wild rumours continued to circulate about a last stand in the Alps and the Western allies falling out with the Soviet Union. All over Europe, millions of soldiers, prisoners, slave labourers and countless exhausted, grief-stricken and often homeless families watched and waited for the war's end. Eight Days in May is the story of people, in Erich Kästner's striking phrase, stuck in 'the gap between no longer and not yet'. 'A fast-paced, brilliant recounting of the turbulent last days of the Third Reich, with all the energy and chaos of a Jackson Pollock canvas' Helmut Walser Smith, author of Germany: A Nation in its Time
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Bismarck
An accessible biography of Otto von Bismarck, Germany's first chancellor. Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) has gone down in history as the Iron Chancellor, a reactionary and militarist whose 1871 unification of Germany put Europe on a path of disaster leading up to World War I. But, as this new edition of his accessible biography shows, the real Bismarck was a far more complex character. A leading historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, Volker Ullrich demonstrates that Bismarck--the "Founder of the Reich"--was, in fact, an opponent of liberal German nationalism. After the wars of 1866 and 1870, Bismarck spent the rest of his career working to preserve peace in Europe and to protect the empire he had created. Despite his reputation as an enemy of socialism, he introduced comprehensive health and unemployment insurance for German workers, and he was concerned with maintaining stability and harmony far beyond Germany's newly unified borders. Comprehensive and balanced, Bismarck shows us the value of looking anew at this monumental figure's role in European history.
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Die 101 wichtigsten Fragen: Hitler
Woher stammte Hitler? Wie erklärt sich die Wirkung von Hitlers Reden? Inwieweit hat die Großindustrie Hitler unterstützt? Wie übte Hitler seine Herrschaft aus? Welche Einkünfte bezog Hitler? War Hitler auf militärischem Gebiet ein Dilettant? Ohne Hitler kein Holocaust? Auch mehr als siebzig Jahre nach dem Ende des Dritten Reiches ist Adolf Hitler noch ein Faszinosum. Wer dieser Mann war und welche Rolle er im NS-Regime spielte, das Krieg, Zerstörung und millionenfachen Massenmord über Europa brachte, dem geht dieser Band der Reihe «101 Fragen» nach. Volker Ullrich, Autor der großen zweibändigen Hitler-Biographie, stellt darin die wichtigsten Fragen zu Hitler und gibt kompetent, präzise und allgemeinverständlich die Antworten.
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Die Revolution von 1918/19
Am 9. November 1918 erreicht die revolutionäre Welle, die mit dem Matrosenaufstand in Kiel ihren Ausgang genommen hatte, Berlin. Erst mit dem Versailler Vertrag und der Verabschiedung der Weimarer Reichsverfassung findet das besiegte Deutschland im August 1919 zu einem Zustand prekärer Ruhe zurück. Bis heute werden die Handlungsspielräume dieser "Novemberrevolution" kontrovers diskutiert. Volker Ullrichs glänzend geschriebener Band schildert auf dem neuesten Forschungsstand die Phasen der Revolution und fragt zugleich nach ihrer Bedeutung für die Geschichte Weimars.
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Duitsland 1923
Het jaar van de afgrondE-book‘Geen enkel volk ter wereld heeft iets meegemaakt wat overeenkomt met de Duitse “1923”-ervaring’, schreef Sebastian Haffner in Engelse ballingschap. In 1923 beleeft Duitsland een val in de afgrond. Franse en Belgische troepen marcheren het Ruhrgebied binnen. Hyperinfl atie bereikt een bizar hoogtepunt en stort brede lagen van de bevolking in ellende. Terwijl de entertainmentindustrie booming is, breekt er een politieke noodtoestand uit. Separatistische bewegingen bedreigen het voortbestaan van het Reich, rechtse en linkse extremisten maken zich klaar om de republiek te bestormen, en in München wordt een staatsgreep voorbereid door een man wiens naam de wereld zich zal herinneren: Adolf Hitler.
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Acht dagen in mei
De laatste week van het Derde RijkE-bookDuizend jaar zou het duren, maar in mei 1945 is de laatste week van het Derde Rijk aangebroken. Hitler heeft zelfmoord gepleegd, de oorlog woedt voort. Tussen Hitlers dood en de capitulatie liggen acht krankzinnige dagen. Even lijkt alles tot stilstand te komen, maar toch is alles in een ademloze beweging. Dit boek bevat Volker Ullrichs aangrijpende verslag van de laatste dagen van het naziregime. Een reis naar de ondergang in een wereld vol drama en hoop, angst en geweld. De capitulatie van Berlijn, de massale vernietiging, de zelfmoordepidemie, de laatste dodenmarsen, de bevrijding van de concentratiekampen, de jacht op de nazibonzen. Volker Ullrich, gevierd journalist en Hitlerbiograaf, schildert uit de stroom aan grote en kleine gebeurtenissen een onvergetelijk drama in acht bedrijven. ‘Hoogst interessante geschiedschrijving.’ – Dresdner Morgenpost ‘Een briljante, vlotte evocatie van de turbulente, onwerkelijke laatste acht dagen van het Derde Rijk.’ – Helmut Walser Smith, vooraanstaand historicus Over Adolf Hitler, Opkomst & Ondergang: ‘Volker Ullrichs biografie van Hitler is één van de beste ooit.’ ***** – Het Parool ‘Voortreffelijk.’ **** – NRC Handelsblad ‘Een prachtig boek.’ – Trouw
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Deel 2 de jaren van ondergang 1939-1945 Adolf Hitler
E-bookDe nieuwe grote Hitler-biografie van onze tijd - Deel 2 Zou de grote breuk in de geschiedenis van de westerse beschaving – de vernietigingsoorlog in Oost-Europa en de moord op de Europese Joden – zonder Hitler denkbaar zijn geweest? Met soevereine expertise en op basis van nieuwe bronnen laat historicus Volker Ullrich zien in welke mate de dictator de wijze van oorlogvoering en de ontwikkeling van de Holocaust heeft bepaald. Daarbij wordt duidelijk dat de monsterlijke misdaden alleen mogelijk waren omdat Hitler tot het bittere einde op de medewerking van de generale staf en een groot deel van de bevolking kon rekenen. In dit tweede en laatste deel van zijn meesterlijke biografie behandelt Ullrich de periode vanaf het ontbranden van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in 1939 tot de apocalyptische finale en Hitlers zelfmoord in 1945.
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