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Swansong 1945 : a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich
Title:
Swansong 1945 : a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich
ISBN:
9780393248159
Uniform Title:
Echolot. English
Edition:
First American edition.
Physical Description:
xxii, 479 pages ; 25 cm
General Note:
First published in Great Britain by Granta Books, 2014 as Swansong 1945: a collective diary from Hitler's last birthday to VE Day. -- Great Britain : Granta Books, 2014.

Original German edition first published in 2005 as Das Echolot : Abgesang '45 Ein kollekitives Tagebuch by Albrecht Knaus Verlag, Munich.--Title page verso.
Contents:
Foreword / Alan Bance -- Preface / Walter Kempowski -- Editorial Note / Walter Kempowski -- Note on the English Translation -- List of Abbreviations -- Friday, 20 April 1945 -- Wednesday, 25 April 1945 -- Monday, 30 April 1945 -- Tuesday, 8 May/Wednesday, 9 May 1945 -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Sources 1. Published and broadcast sources -- 2. Archives and institutions -- Index