{"product_id":"while-berlin-burns-book-hans-georg-von-studnitz-9781399077408","title":"While Berlin Burns","description":"The last few days have been days of intolerable tension   we have done nothing but pack our belongings and store them in bomb-proof sites. Danger threatens from all sides. The Americans are using phosphorous shells, against which all extinguishers are useless   In a world in which havoc spreads far more quickly than life can burgeon, to look more than fifteen minutes ahead is pointless. Entry for 4 April 1945.  From 1943 to 1945, from his vantage point in the German Foreign Office Press and Information Section, Hans-Georg von Studnitz recorded the day-to-day events in Berlin. He was in the perfect position to write such an account: he was entrusted with the drafting of Nazi political directives and was in constant touch with the foreign diplomats stationed in Berlin.  This is a fascinating and comprehensive insight into life in Berlin: the bombings and its effects, social life, key personalities and events. Studnitz writes with the trained skill of a journalist and a political commentator. His account has few equals in the literature of memoirs.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742163706129,"sku":"NGR9781399077408","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1399077406.jpg?v=1751402613","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/while-berlin-burns-book-hans-georg-von-studnitz-9781399077408","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}