Berlin Diary: A Wartime Correspondent's Observations in Germany, 1934-1941 (Obelisk)

From 1934 to 1941, William L. Shirer, as a correspondent stationed in Germany, witnessed and reported on the entire process as the fledgling Nazi Germany dragged Europe and the rest of the world step by step into the abyss of war.

He experienced major historical events such as the Place de la Concorde riots, Germany's annexation of Austria, and the partition of Czechoslovakia. He also promptly sent the world extensive firsthand reports from the battlefields of Poland, Norway, France, and the Battle of Britain.

While in Berlin, he had the opportunity to meet Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, and other senior German officials at close range, as well as diplomats and media figures from Britain, the United States, and elsewhere. He observed every aspect of German political life in meticulous detail.

Berlin Diary: A Foreign Correspondent's Account of World War II, 1934-1941 contains Shirer's records and reflections on the European situation and ordinary people's daily lives. It would later give rise to his classic work, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany.