The Resource Diary of a man in despair, Friedrich Reck ; afterword by Sir Richard Evans ; translation by Paul Rubens
Diary of a man in despair, Friedrich Reck ; afterword by Sir Richard Evans ; translation by Paul Rubens
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- Summary
- Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the spell they had cast on the German people, he felt compelled to record the corruptions of their rule. The result is less a diary than a sequence of stark and astonishing snapshots of life in Germany between 1936 and 1944. We see the Nazis at the peak of power, and the murderous panic with which they respond to approaching defeat; their travesty of traditional folkways in the name of the Volk; and the author's own missed opportunity to shoot Hitler
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 264 p.
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Macmillan Company, 1970
- Isbn
- 9781590175866
- Label
- Diary of a man in despair
- Title
- Diary of a man in despair
- Statement of responsibility
- Friedrich Reck ; afterword by Sir Richard Evans ; translation by Paul Rubens
- Subject
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- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Germany -- Biography
- Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
- Political corruption -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Reck-Malleczewen, Fritz Percy, 1884-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the spell they had cast on the German people, he felt compelled to record the corruptions of their rule. The result is less a diary than a sequence of stark and astonishing snapshots of life in Germany between 1936 and 1944. We see the Nazis at the peak of power, and the murderous panic with which they respond to approaching defeat; their travesty of traditional folkways in the name of the Volk; and the author's own missed opportunity to shoot Hitler
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1884-1945
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Reck-Malleczewen, Fritz Percy
- Dewey number
- 943.086
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Evans, Richard
- Rubens, Paul
- Series statement
- New York Review Books classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reck-Malleczewen, Fritz Percy
- Political corruption
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Authors, German
- Germany
- Germany
- Germany
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Diary of a man in despair, Friedrich Reck ; afterword by Sir Richard Evans ; translation by Paul Rubens
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Macmillan Company, 1970
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000050133028
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 264 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781590175866
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Label
- Diary of a man in despair, Friedrich Reck ; afterword by Sir Richard Evans ; translation by Paul Rubens
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Macmillan Company, 1970
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000050133028
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 264 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781590175866
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
Subject
- Aristocracy (Social class) -- Germany -- Biography
- Authors, German -- 20th century -- Biography
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Biography
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945
- Political corruption -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
- Reck-Malleczewen, Fritz Percy, 1884-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
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