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Joachim Fest. Joachim Clemens Fest (8 December 1926 – 11 September 2006) was a German historian, journalist, critic and editor who was best known for his writings and public commentary on Nazi Germany, including a biography of Adolf Hitler and books about Albert Speer and German resistance to Nazism. He was a leading figure in the debate ...
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- 11 September 2006 (aged 79), Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
- Joachim Clemens Fest, 8 December 1926, Berlin, Germany
Sep 13, 2006 · Joachim Fest was born in Berlin on Dec. 8, 1926. His father, a teacher, lost his job for opposing the Nazis. Mr. Fest describes his upbringing in his memoir, “Ich nicht” (“Not Me”), due ...
The work of the German historian and editor Joachim Fest, who has died at the age of 79, was shaped till its end by Adolf Hitler's rise to power during his childhood. ... · Joachim Clemens Fest ...
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Feb 18, 2014 · In 1936, Joachim Fest, 10 at the time, was summoned by his father, Johannes, to come with his older brother for a heart-to-heart talk in the study of their house in Berlin.
Joachim Fest, then 18 years old, heard about it in a PoW camp in Laon, France, after having been taken prisoner by the US Army at the famous Remagen bridge. When Adolf Hitler killed himself in his ...
Sep 12, 2006 · BERLIN — Joachim Fest, a journalist and historian who worked closely with Albert Speer, Hitler's architect, on Speer's memoirs and wrote one of the best-regarded biographies of Hitler, died ...
Sep 12, 2006 · The German journalist and historian Joachim Fest, who worked closely with Hitler's architect Albert Speer on his memoirs and penned one of the best-regarded biographies of the Nazi dictator, has died.