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Berlin Finale
Berlin Finale
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In the midst of chaos, the young soldier Joachim Lassehn desperately wants to escape. Friedrich Wiegand, a trade unionist tortured in a concentration camp, tries to speed up the end of the war through sabotage. Doctor Walter Böttcher helps refugees to survive. And Oskar Klose's pub is the conspiratorial meeting point of a small resistance group that the SS is trying to trace. Weaving together their stories, Heinz Rein offers an unforgettable portrait of life in a city devastated by war.
Unsettling, raw and cinematic, Berlin Finale was published in Germany in 1947 and quickly became one of the first best-selling books of the post-war period. Newly translated eighty years later, it is ripe for rediscovery.
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Tense, vivid portrait of Berlin’s last wartime days.
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Who is this book for?
Berlin Finale plunges you into the chaos and resilience of a city on the brink of collapse. The interconnected stories of people desperately clinging to hope and survival make for a compelling, raw read that captures the intensity of those final days of the Nazi regime. It's a powerful look at ordinary lives caught in extraordinary times.