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Walter Kempowski
Born
in Rostock, Germany
April 29, 1929
Died
October 05, 2007
Genre
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Alles umsonst
— published 2006 — 20 editions |
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Tadellöser & Wolff
— published 1971 — 7 editions |
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Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
by — published 2007 — 10 editions |
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Das Echolot. Barbarossa '41. Ein kollektives Tagebuch.
— published 2004 — 2 editions |
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Uns geht's ja noch gold (Die deutsche Chronik 5)
— published 1972 — 6 editions |
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Ein Kapitel für sich.
— published 1978 — 4 editions |
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Aus großer Zeit (Die deutsche Chronik, Band 1)
— published 1981 — 8 editions |
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Schöne Aussicht
— published 1981 — 5 editions |
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All for Nothing
— 2 editions |
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Letzte Grüße
— published 2003 — 3 editions |
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“They told us to take anything we wanted, be we were so delighted to be free, nothing else seemed to be of any value.”
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
“Perhaps that was the day when the bombed synagogue opened again. Or the one when I went to a cobbler who was repairing shoes with the leather from stolen Torah rolls. "I didn't know it was sacred leather," he said. We collected all the pieces together, and he refused the money that I tried to give him for a few ladies' shoes with Hebrew letters written in ancient ink on the soles.”
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
“The American girls, undaunted, maintained their natural warmth, and in their unrivalled sympathy there appeared genuine maternal feelings that did not alter for national differences, but that was feeble consolation in this profound sadness over the fact that "being a human being among other human beings" only ever happens in dreams of a perfect world.”
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
― Walter Kempowski, Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
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Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion (or else, to use my grandfather's favourite unspecified threat, you may be spiflicated!)
The poll will be open through March 1st. (Note: You can change your vote at any time prior to the closing of the poll.) Discussion will begin on April 1st
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Tournament of Books:
2016 Longlist
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| All About Books: Jamie's Reads 2017 | 137 | 78 | Dec 31, 2017 09:23AM | |
| 21st Century Lite...: April 2018 Open Pick nominations | 36 | 99 | Mar 03, 2018 03:45PM | |
| CanadianContent: 2018 Man Booker International Prize | 6 | 27 | Mar 13, 2018 06:23AM | |
| The History Book ...: * THE NAZIS | 150 | 465 | Apr 01, 2018 09:01PM | |
| CanadianContent: * w/o March 30 to April 6, 2018 | 36 | 32 | Apr 04, 2018 02:34PM | |
| THE WORLD WAR TWO...: Books on the European Theatre of WW2 | 239 | 244 | Jun 22, 2018 12:54PM |
