{"title":"Ernest R Pope","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"munich-playground-book-ernest-r-pope-9781519060914","title":"Munich Playground","description":"\u003cb\u003eDateline 1941: \u003c\/b\u003e Hitler's forces have smashed into western Europe, defeated France, threatened England, and attacked Russia. Many people think of them as \u003ci\u003ean awe-inspiring group of ascetic, fanatic, and inhuman supermen\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eErnest R. Pope\u003c\/b\u003e knew all too well how illusory this idea was. As senior correspondent for Reuters in Munich from 1936-1941, American Ernest Pope saw the cruel and outrageous behavior of Nazis in their native habitat. In Munich they ran wild, let their hair down, and indulged in every fantasy money and power could avail them. Pope has all the gossip...and the confirmed stories.\u003ci\u003eI have seen the leading actors in the Nazi tragedy, playing their parts on the Bavarian stage. Long before the climax-the outbreak of the war-I knew what the denouement in Hitler's theater would be\u003c\/i\u003e.Pope knew, saw, and\/or interviewed all the top Nazis and dozens of lower-level officials, including some of Hitler's security. He saw the Nazis for what they were: a corrupt, debauched, all-too-human menace.Once back in the U.S., Pope let loose his frustration and ire at what he'd seen-but couldn't write about when he was reporting from Germany. With great humor and fast-paced prose, he writes of encounters with Hitler, Hess, Streicher, and many more.He was in Munich during the fated compromise with Chamberlain. He reported on the Nazi invasions of Austria and Czechoslovakia.He reported on Hitler's obsession with Dorothy van Bruck's blitz-tease and he knew Hitler's English girlfriend, Unity Mitford.Pope turns his savage wit and erudition on his former hosts. Fluent in Bavarian German dialect, Pope made many friends in Munich with citizens and officials alike. He heard jokes from Munichers that could get them thrown in a concentration camp and he poked fun at Nazis whenever he dared.You won't find another account like this of the Nazis in their favorite playground.Pope turns serious in the final chapters. As he left Germany, he knew he was saying goodbye to friends he would never see again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49525600911633,"sku":"CIN1519060912G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1519060912.jpg?v=1750718277"},{"product_id":"munich-playground-book-ernest-r-pope-9781258329655","title":"Munich Playground","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51022280720657,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51022285898001,"sku":"NIN9781258329655","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1258329654.jpg?v=1750986722"},{"product_id":"munich-playground-book-ernest-r-pope-9781781554548","title":"Munich Playground","description":"Twenty-six-year-old American Ernest Pope arrived in Munich as a Reuters correspondent in in 1936. From then until he left in the summer of 1940 he saw first-hand the wild excesses of the Nazis. He wrote mainly for British newspapers-notably the Daily Express-but after September 1939 he could only supply material to the USA as lines to Britain were closed. As events hotted up he left for home just two months prior to America's entry to the war. Back in the safety of the United States he spent six months writing down what he had seen and who he had met. With wicked wit and superb style he ridicules the Nazis, showing them up for what they truly were-boorish and evil thugs. His narrative reads like a sensational novel, but for the poor inhabitants of Germany the unbelievable was in fact everyday life. Pope knew, saw or interviewed all the top Nazis and dozens of lower-level officials, including some of Hitler's security men. Fluent in Bavarian German dialect, Pope made many friends in Munich with citizens and officials alike. He heard jokes from Munichers that could get them thrown in a concentration camp and he poked fun at Nazis whenever he dared. Munich Playground is a 'must read' for anyone who wishes to understand what Hitler's Third Reich was really like.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51776931889425,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51776931922193,"sku":"NGR9781781554548","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781781554548.jpg?v=1751721633"},{"product_id":"munich-playground-book-ernest-r-pope-9781258338077","title":"Munich Playground","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53109499363601,"sku":"NIN9781258338077","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781258338077.jpg?v=1770569218"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-ernest-r-pope.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}