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This Is Berlin

Radio Broadcasts from Nazi Germany

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This Is Berlin

By: William Shirer
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Legendary CBS news journalist’s iconic radio broadcasts from Europe during WWII

This collection of William L. Shirer’s radio broadcasts tells the vivid story of WWII and brings the suspense of the times to life for today’s audience.

As the first journalist hired by CBS to cover the war in Europe, Shirer compiled two and a half years’ worth of wartime broadcasts including Hitler’s invasion of Austria, the armistice between France and Nazi forces in June of 1940, daily roundups of news from Paris, Vienna, Berlin, London and Rome, documenting the conditions of these countries under invasion.

Listeners in the United States and worldwide listened with growing horror as Shirer brought a sense of gripping urgency to the events happening in Europe as Germany took those menacing steps towards WWII.

Shirer was also the author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.

©1999, 2014 William Shirer (P)2024 G&D Media World War II Wars & Conflicts Military War Radio Russia Entertainment & Performing Arts
Detailed Historical Account • Firsthand Perspective • Excellent Narrator • Fascinating Wartime Insights • Amazing Reader

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this is a wonderful companion to Berlin diary and while for a period after world war II for some reason the lessons of world war 2 were considered no longer important to study. but Shirer`s writing maybe among the most enduring for all future time thousands or millions of years in the future

classic timeless always important

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Great narrator and great detailed history of the beginnings of Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Norway, and Denmark, along with the defeat of France by the invasion through Holland and Belgium. Interesting detail on the attitude of the German population and the scarcities experienced at the beginning of the war. Clearly, a more detailed perspective than we get from most other books and an excellent background to some of the books on and by Churchill.

Great detailed history of the early years of Hitler and WW2

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I could listen to Grover read Williams work all day . This is a very cool collection of Mr . Shirers WW2 broadcasts from before the war up through the Battle of Britain. While I would have liked a lil more context with each “chapter “ (each chapter is a broadcast read by Gardner ) it still is very well done . I’d LOVE to see more of these news broadcasts (brought to you by chesterfield cigarettes of course ) collected and put on audible . I love this time of our history and the ultimate battle to defeat evil . It’s important we produce works worth of it !

Another banger from Willy and Grover

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I like Shirer and some f the stories were interesting, poignant, and historically interesting. They got a bit repetitive and I shared Shirer’s frustration with having to subject himself to extreme censorship. I wanted to keep reminding him that it’s all propaganda and lies, but of course he knew that.

Unremitting

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This is Berlin reads more as a journal, taking you day by day the nazification of Germany. It gives great perspective, as we from the States or anywhere else will question why most Germans followed the Nazi rule. This helps you understand from a first hand account of an American living in the rising moments of Nazi Germany.

Perspective

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