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William Lawrence Shirer (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ r ər /; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich , a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years.
Jun 10, 2015 · Shirer lost his father when he was just 9 years old, found himself on the brink of penury numerous times and, like so many hurt by the McCarthy era, did not deserve to be named in the publication ...
For Shirer, Eichmann was no bloodless paper pusher, a middle manager just following orders, as Eichmann and his defense lawyer sought to convince the world. He was not an emblem of “the banality ...
WILLIAM L. SHIRER: It’s a question which I posed when I got to Germany, and I’ve been asking myself ever since, and often, how it could have happened. You know, as you say, they were a ...
Aug 10, 1989 · WILLIAM SHIRER AT 'JOURNEY'S' END. LENOX, MASS. -- The black keys on the old Royal manual are worn almost through, especially the I, N and M. Piles of files, loose pages, yellowing notes cover ...
Apr 8, 2024 · William L. Shirer (born Feb. 23, 1904, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 28, 1993, Boston, Mass.) was an American journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his massive study The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (1960). In the 1920s and ’30s Shirer was stationed in Europe and in India as a foreign ...
Dec 24, 2016 · The earliest reports of industrial-scale murder perpetrated by the Germans appeared in the United States and other countries in early 1941, and were related not to the Holocaust but to the “euthanasia” crimes that touched off the National Socialist genocide. 1 The concept of the gas chamber was likewise first mentioned in connection with euthanasia. 2 Perhaps more than any other public ...
