In his acclaimed work, (Days of Darkness), historian Oliver Hilmes presents a chilling, mosaic-like portrait of life in Nazi Germany during a pivotal year of the Second World War. The Central Tragedy
While cities lay in ruins and the "machinery of destruction" operated at full capacity, citizens still crowded into cinemas to watch Hans Albers in Münchhausen or distracted themselves in dance halls. Oliver Hilmes Schattenzeit rar
The book draws on diaries and letters from a wide spectrum of individuals, including propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, literature scholar Viktor Klemperer, and resistance fighters like the Scholls. In his acclaimed work, (Days of Darkness), historian