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Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war in Germany, as a German citizen, under the horrors of Nazi rule and Allied bombings. Closely associated with resistance circles, her husband was arrested after the failure of the plot against Hitler's life on 20th July 1944, and she herself was interrogated by the Gestapo. Not only do we meet her friends whose tragic bravery shines from the book, but dozens of everyday Germans, from the simple-minded Nazi official who was also her odd-job gardener, to the good-hearted Black Forest villagers who sheltered her till the liberation. They are presented with humour and sympathy, allowing the reader a remarkable insight into their character. All the more haunting, then, is her night-time encounter with an SS man from Riga who searches desperately for death on the battlefield. The human dimension of her writing brings about an unforgettable portrait of an evil time.
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Christabel Bielenberg, a niece of Lord Northcliffe, married a German lawyer in 1934. She lived through the war as a German citizen and wrote about her experiences in her memoir, The Past is Myself, and in its sequel, The Road Ahead. The Past is Myself was adapted for television by Dennis Potter under the title Christabel. In 1988, the Federal Republic of Germany awarded her the Commander's cross of the Order of Merit for her contribution to German-English understanding. She and her husband, Peter, have three sons and live in Ireland.
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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Description: Originally published in 1968, this reprint edition is part of the Time-Life World War II Classics series, The Secret War. ''In her vivid memoir of life in Nazi Germany during the war years, Christabel Bielenberg writes from a unique point of view. A bright young English debutante, the author became a German citizen upon her marriage to a German law student in 1934. Their life together became a struggle to stay alive and together. Before the war was over, her husband and his closest friends would be neck-deep in a plot to kill Hitler. Her book starkly recounts scenes from those unforgettable years.'' BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: tan marbled boards with half black imitation leather (corners and spine), all edges gilt, ribbon place marker, a Very Good+ book. Printed endpapers. 8vo (8.5 inches tall). 284 pages. Seller Inventory # 067348
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