Berlin Diary

This book is a vintage edition of Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941 by the American journalist and historian William L. Shirer. The Author: William L. Shirer was a famous CBS radio broadcaster. He later wrote the monumental historical book, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich  The book contains the daily personal diary entries that Shirer secretly kept while stationed in Berlin. It provides a terrifying, firsthand account of life inside Nazi Germany, the Nuremberg rallies, and the onset of World War II before he smuggled his notes out and fled the country in 1940. Original Publication: It was originally published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf on June 20, 1941. The numbers 940.948 stamped at the bottom of the spine are not part of the original book design. This is a Dewey Decimal Classification number. It indicates that this specific copy was once part of a library collection. In the Dewey system, numbers starting with 940 represent European history, specifically targeting the World War II era.  Disclaimer: AI was used in the cover picture all other Pics and descriptions are of the actual item.