这是一部史无前例的历史巨著，记录了第三帝国的最后几天。1945年，斯旺森通过数百封信件、日记和自传体记述，记录了纳粹德国和第二次世界大战在欧洲的结束。这些信件、日记和自传体记述涵盖了那个决定性的春天的四天：4月20日是希特勒的生日，4月25日是美国和苏联军队在易北河会合，4月30日是希特勒的自杀，最后是德国在5月8日投降。我们肩并肩地看到了关于逃离柏林的平民、决心战斗到底的普通德国士兵、梦想回家的美国战俘、集中营幸存者对他们可怕经历的最初描述，以及艾森豪威尔、丘吉尔、斯大林、约瑟夫·戈培尔和希特勒本人等人物的亲密思想的生动的第一人称描述。这些由德国著名作家沃尔特·凯姆波夫斯基精心收集和整理的第一手资料，提供了历史的原始资料，展现了那些动荡日子的全景。这1000多份摘录包括一名英国士兵写信给他的父母，告诉他们这里没有浴室，但有很多鸡蛋和巧克力；一名美国士兵在接近易北河时描述了“巨大的紫丁香爆发”；墨索里尼祝希特勒生日快乐；伊娃·布劳恩（Eva Braun）向女朋友吹嘘她已经成为一个多么“绝顶聪明”的人；还有更多。斯旺森1945是对苦难和生存的非凡描述，它使纳粹德国和欧洲战争的结束变得栩栩如生。
Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich (Audiobook)
A monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before. Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler’s birthday on April 20, American and Soviet troops meeting at the Elbe on April 25, Hitler’s suicide on April 30, and finally the German surrender on May 8. Side by side, we encounter vivid, first-person accounts of civilians fleeing Berlin, ordinary German soldiers determined to fight to the bitter end, American POWs dreaming of home, concentration camp survivors’ first descriptions of their horrific experiences, as well as the intimate thoughts of figures such as Eisenhower, Churchill, Stalin, Joseph Goebbels, and Hitler himself. These firsthand accounts, painstakingly collected and organized by renowned German author Walter Kempowski, provide the raw material of history and present a panoramic view of those tumultuous days. The more than 1,000 extracts include a British soldier writing to his parents to tell them there are no baths, but plenty of eggs and chocolate; an American soldier describing “the tremendous burst of lilacs” as he approaches the Elbe; Mussolini wishing Hitler a happy birthday; Eva Braun bragging to a girlfriend about what a “crack shot” she’s become; and much more. An extraordinary account of suffering and survival, Swansong 1945 brings to life the end of Nazi Germany and the war in Europe.
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