Berlin Diaries, Marie Vassiltchikov
Berlin Diaries, Marie Vassiltchikov
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Berlin Diaries
1940-1945

Author: Marie Vassiltchikov

Narrator: Alexandra O'Karma

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/08/2011

Synopsis

A princess of White Russian descent, Marie Vassiltchikov was 23 years old when she was trapped in Berlin by the outbreak of World War II. In these secret diaries, she chronicles the glamorous rise and shattering fall of the Nazi Party, as seen from the vantage point of her desk at the Foreign Ministry. She also describes how she and her friends became involved in a desperate conspiracy to murder Hitler.

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Goodreads review by Sue

Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945, is an amazing WWII diary of an émigré Russian princess who was secretary to Adam von Trott, mastermind of the unsuccessful 20th of July plot to assassinate Hitler. Missie Vassiltchikov’s account of Berlin in the furious days of Hitler’s retribution is unique. While she was......more

Goodreads review by Ed

Four stars for the printed book, five for the Audible edition. The text against which all historical or literary diaries in English (written in English or through translation) must be tested is Samuel Pepys "Diary", the three thousand page plus behemoth covering 10 years of the life and times of Pepy......more

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