Reviews | Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich

Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich By Walter Kempowski. W. W. Norton, 2016 (paperback). $17. Reviewed by Anthony Brandt   THIS AMAZING BOOK PICKS OUT FOUR DAYS at the very end of World War II in 1945: Adolf Hitler’s birthday, April 20; the day So­viet and American troops met at the …

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