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William Lawrence Shirer ( / ˈʃaɪrər /; 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.
Apr 8, 2024 · Subjects Of Study: Nazism. Germany. 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).
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American journalist, foreign correspondent, author, and pioneer radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was one of the major observers and chroniclers of the Nazi regime. Key Facts. 1. Shirer was among a group of American foreign correspondents known as “Murrow’s Boys” who reported on Nazi Germany and World War II for CBS radio. 2.
HISTORY. Revisiting The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Recently reissued, William L. Shirer’s seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading. Ron Rosenbaum. February 2012....
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a book by American journalist William L. Shirer in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.
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Dec 29, 1993 · William L. Shirer, the author of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and a foreign correspondent whose pioneering live trans-Atlantic radio broadcasts on the eve of World War II helped...
Jun 10, 2015 · June 10, 2015. In November 1957, a Newsweek column called “Where Are They Now?” noted that William L. Shirer, “made famous by his nightly radio reports from Berlin during the early years of...
