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Promise me you'll shoot yourself : the mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945

Huber, Florian, 1967-2019
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In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of defence. A wave of suicides rolled across the country as thousands chose death--for themselves and their children--rather than face the defeat of the Third Reich and what they feared might follow. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, historian Florian Huber tells of the largest mass suicide in German history and its suppression by the survivors--a fascinating insight into the feelings of ordinary people caught in the tide of history who saw no other way out.
Main title:
Promise me you'll shoot yourself : the mass suicide of ordinary Germans in 1945 / Florian Huber ; translated fom the German by Imogen Taylor.
Imprint:
Melbourne, Victoria : Text Publishing, 2019.©2019
Collation:
292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Translated fom the German.
ISBN:
97819257736999781925773699 (paperback)9781925773699 (paperback)
Dewey class:
943.08362.28
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
603086
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Library at the Dock-SocietySOCIETY 362.28 HUBEOn loan - Due: 16 Jul 2026
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