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Brandstätten: Der Anblick des Bombenkriegs
Seit dem überwältigenden Erfolg von Jörg Friedrichs Der Brand spricht Deutschland über den Bombenkrieg. Die jahrzehntelange Verdrängung dieses traumatischen Erlebnisses betraf auch die umfangreichen Bildbestände, die in den städtischen Archiven ruhen. Friedrich entreißt sie mit diesem bewegenden Bildband dem Vergessen. Die völlig unbekannten Fotos erzählen die Geschichte vom Untergang der Städte, von Angst und Schrecken der Bombardierten und vom Überleben der Davongekommenen. (amazon.de)
- GenresHistory
239 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
About the author
Jörg Friedrich
28 books8 followersJörg Friedrich is a German author and historian. Friedrich is best known for his publication Der Brand (2002), in which he portrays the Allied bombing of civilian targets during World War II as systematic and in many ways pointless mass murder. An English translation, The Fire, was published in 2006 by Columbia University Press and met with widespread critical approval. For example, the New York Times said it "describes in stark, unrelenting and very literary detail what happened in city after city as the Allies dropped 80 million incendiary bombs on Germany..... There is... an edginess to Friedrich's writing and commentary, an emotional power."
Friedrich was formerly considered a left-wing antiwar activist and described as a student Trotskyist. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Germany, and some have also been translated into English, Dutch, French and many other languages. He is well connected in German political and military circles and is a friend of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He has published interviews with Rudolf Bahro and Raul Hilberg when their books were published. His new book "14/18 Der Weg nach Versailles" focuses on the First World War.
For his work The Law of War: The German Army in Russia Friedrich has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Friedrich was formerly considered a left-wing antiwar activist and described as a student Trotskyist. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Germany, and some have also been translated into English, Dutch, French and many other languages. He is well connected in German political and military circles and is a friend of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He has published interviews with Rudolf Bahro and Raul Hilberg when their books were published. His new book "14/18 Der Weg nach Versailles" focuses on the First World War.
For his work The Law of War: The German Army in Russia Friedrich has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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November 14, 2015
1) Deutsche Rezension
2) English Review
1) Deutsche Rezension
Dieses Buch hatte viele sehr gute Fotografien aus der Zeit vor, während and nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland. Die Reihenfolge der Bilder baut the Stimmung gut auf and die Bilder sprechen für sich.
Allerdings war so einiges des Textes recht unnötig, teilweise zu abstrakt wenn ihr mich fragt.
2) English Review
This book had a lot of very excellent photographs from the time before, during and after the Second World War in Germany. The sequence of images are placed to built up the mood well and the images speak for themselves.
However, some of the text was quite unnecessary, partly too abstract if you ask me.
2) English Review
1) Deutsche Rezension
Dieses Buch hatte viele sehr gute Fotografien aus der Zeit vor, während and nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland. Die Reihenfolge der Bilder baut the Stimmung gut auf and die Bilder sprechen für sich.
Allerdings war so einiges des Textes recht unnötig, teilweise zu abstrakt wenn ihr mich fragt.
2) English Review
This book had a lot of very excellent photographs from the time before, during and after the Second World War in Germany. The sequence of images are placed to built up the mood well and the images speak for themselves.
However, some of the text was quite unnecessary, partly too abstract if you ask me.
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