Both works in this volume - a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian Haffner (1907-99) - bear testimony to the disturbing events that were to change German history in the aftermath of World War I. The abridged translation of The Devil's General, which was approved by Zuckmayer himself, is about a World War I flier who commits suicide as he comes to realize the unintended havoc he has wrought in his obsession to fly.
Sebastian Haffner, whose real name was Raimund Pretzel (which was changed with the publication of Germany:...
Both works in this volume - a play by Carl Zuckmayer (1896-1977) and an unusual contemporary study of Nazi Germany by Sebastian Haffner (1907-99) -...
Sebastian Haffners"Anmerkungen zu Hitler"gehören zu den meistgelesenen, wichtigsten Büchern über das Phänomen Hitler: dicht in der Darstellung der§Fakten, scharfsinnig in der Analyse und brillant geschrieben. In dieser Aufnahme des rbb liest Haffner seinen Text selbst - fesselnd bis zur letzten Minute.
Sebastian Haffners"Anmerkungen zu Hitler"gehören zu den meistgelesenen, wichtigsten Büchern über das Phänomen Hitler: dicht in der Darstellung der...
