- Gebundene Ausgabe: 384 Seiten
- Verlag: Oxford Univ Pr; Auflage: 1st Edition (28. April 2005)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0195146794
- ISBN-13: 978-0195146790
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 24,3 x 16,3 x 3,1 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 403.181 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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*Starred Review* In recent years, some Austrians have claimed their nation was the "first victim" of Hitler's expansionist drive in eastern and central Europe. A less charitable view regards the Austrians as willing, even eager accomplices to the crimes of the Nazis; after all, Hitler and other top Nazis were Austrian born, and the Anschluss (union) with Germany had considerable popular support. Journalist Weyr was born and reared in Vienna, and in his portrait of his native city under Nazi rule, he writes with a moving mixture of sympathy, outrage, and regret as he views the material and spiritual destruction of this once-glittering cultural center. He begins with a description of the tumultuous events of March 1938, when the Austrian government, pressured by domestic Nazis and Hitler's threats, acquiesced to a shotgun marriage. Inevitably, anti-Semitic outrages became commonplace in Vienna's streets. He then shows the steady decline of the city during the war, as political indoctrination and repression escalate, the Jews are deported, and the Russians turn the tide and inexorably advance. Weyr takes a balanced approach; he does not avoid condemnation of those who supported the Nazis, passively or actively, but he also shows us how most ordinary people merely tried to survive a conflict that they barely understood. This is a superbly written work and an excellent addition to World War II collections. Jay Freeman
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"The book will fascinate both specialists and those who have visited Vienna." Catholic Herald
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A well-researched and good book
14. Oktober 2005
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The author was born in Vienna but left when he was 11. After the war he returned, to get his university education, and served as a correspondent for United press, ABC, and Newsweek. This is an account of the occupation of Austria by Hitler, and what Vienna went through while part of Nazidom. The account of the takeover by Hitler is of high interest and well-told. The account of the war years is also well done but it was not as interesting. In the final chapter Weyl gives a good account of Austria since the war, and shows that many Austrians exaggerate their resistance to Hitler. This is a book well worth reading if you want to know about Austria's fall and the dreary war years in Vienna, and the post-war course of Austria. One is glad that so much that was destroyed in the war has been reconstituted.
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24. Februar 2006
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The author uses a lot of words to describe something that could be said in much fewer words. He has a very difficult reading style.
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