Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself (Paperback)

Florian Huber

ISBN 10: 1925773698 / ISBN 13: 9781925773699

Published by Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2019

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Paperback. An important exploration of a shocking and previously unacknowledged chapter in German history.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. An important exploration of a shocking and previously unacknowledged chapter in German history. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself (Paperback)
• Publisher: Text Publishing, Melbourne
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925773698
• ISBN 13: 9781925773699
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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.