Quantcast

California Literary Review

Germany

With Hitler to the End: The Memoir of Hitler’s Valet by Heinz Linge

by John Holt

September 28th, 2009

Unfortunately the book, while delivering a few marginal insights into Hitler’s character, motivations and global strategies, seems largely a one-dimensional narrative that more resembles a loss of contact with reality than a recounting of anything worthy of notice.

This article is filed under Germany, History, Non-Fiction Reviews.

Imag(in)ing America

by Judith Harris

July 1st, 2008

The confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was to the Italians the “political, intellectual, and moral equivalent of the first U.S. moon landing; and as a European I am stuck down here on earth watching the Yankee space ship make its landing way up there,” Valli wrote.

This article is filed under Germany, History, Italy, Non-Fiction Reviews, Politics.

The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II by Andrew Nagorski

by Peter Bridges

October 8th, 2007

He focuses on the assault on Moscow, the largest battle in history between two opposing armies. In this battle seven million men took part, and of these 2.5 million were killed, taken prisoner, wounded, or went missing. The invading Nazi army numbered about three million, which as Nagorski might usefully have mentioned was six times larger than Russia’s last previous major invader, Napoleon’s Grande Armée in 1812.

This article is filed under Germany, History, Military, Non-Fiction Reviews, Russia.

Frau Braun and The Tiger of Auschwitz

by Jascha Kessler

March 26th, 2007

The principal accused was an Auschwitz commandant, one Wilhelm Boger, whose sobriquet was “The Tiger of Auschwitz.” He was a man who had been arrested after a successful post-war career, having become a rich businessman who’d never been questioned before. At that time he was in his late 60s. Of the many witnesses for the prosecution there was a woman called Frau Braun.

This article is filed under Biography, Germany, History, Israel, Non-Fiction Reviews.

Google
Web California Literary Review
California Literary Review on Facebook

Get The Latest California Literary Review Updates Delivered Free To Your Inbox!

Powered by FeedBlitz

Recent Comments:

  • Sudden Onset: sylvia notes: After reading so many of your experiences, Im so comforted in the knowing that not only is this terrible desease not exclusive to anyone, but for various reasons or...
  • A Place for Three Seasons: Crested Butte: haakon daviknes notes: Peter! I have read your article and seen the fine pictures. Crested Butte must be a wonderful place. Haakon.
  • Movie Review: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire: barb notes: Saw the movie tonight, absolutely riveting and raw. Precious is unbelievable. The acting is superb, everyone in the movie...
  • Under the Dome by Stephen King: Lorraine Peddle notes: The KING is back. Love “Under the Dome”. He is great.
  • Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult: reagan x notes: this book was really really good, i had to write my PSU on it and i found it a really deep and emptional book. I have read mostly all off Jodie...
  • Campus Sexpot by David Carkeet: David Carkeet notes: For a writer there is no worse feeling than regret for what one has written. Looking back on the writing of this memoir, I can see that, caught...
  • The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell: Sam notes: I couldn’t agree more. I have loved the previous books and generally, once started, don’t put the book down until finished. This...
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett: Joyce Parkhurst notes: I am 74 years old. I remember the 60s well. I have spent 10 years living with black people in both Oakland and Los Angeles. The voices of...
  • Sudden Onset: Jeff notes: I do agree with the ex naval officer above, try to stay positive, even though I was in the hospital and not able to walk for weeks I kept telling myself that I was going...
  • Sudden Onset: Jeff notes: I had TM in 1990, and I was playing in AAA at the time for SD Padres, I went from the prime of my life to this disease, I feel sorry for all the people and their families...