In the garden of beasts

love and terror in Hitler's Berlin

448 pages

English language

Published Nov. 10, 2011 by Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-85752-042-5
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OCLC Number:
751513220

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The author describes life in Berlin during the first years of Hitler?s reign through the stories of two people: William E. Dodd, who in 1933 became America?s first ambassador to Hitler?s regime, and his daughter, Martha.

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A great read

It's an odd way to approach the subject but it does work. Larson describes Hitler's rise and the runup to the war exclusively through the experiences of one family, that of Ambassador Dodd.

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Subjects

  • Social conditions
  • Diplomats
  • Americans
  • Biography
  • National socialism

Places

  • United States
  • Berlin
  • Germany