Berlin Diary: The Journal of A Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by Shirer, William L

Knopf, NY. Fine. Hardcover. Fine/near Fine. American, 20th century, journalist, war correspondent, author, historian, CBS Murrow's Boys, Nazi Germany, Invasion of Poland, Peabody Award, National Book Award. English. Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, first appeared in 1941. The book was an instant success. But how did Shirer get such a valuable firsthand account? He had anonymous sources willing to speak with him, provided their identity remained protected and disguised so as to avoid retaliation from the Gestapo. Shirer recorded his and others' eyewitness views to the horror that Hitler was inflicting on his people in his effort to conquer Europe. Shirer continued his job as a foreign correspondent and radio reporter for CBS until Nazi press censors made it virtually impossible for him to do his job with any real accuracy. He left Europe, taking with him the invaluable, unforgettable (and horrific) contents of his Berlin Diary." [Pub. Info] Superb copy. There is a protective mylar cover. STATED 1ST EDITION.