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William Lawrence Shirer (/ ˈ ʃ aɪ r ər /; February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian.His The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany, has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 60 years; its 50th anniversary was marked by a new edition of the book.
William Shirer, who snuck uncensored truth out of Nazi Germany. Iowa connection — Grew up in Cedar Rapids and graduated from Coe College.. Notable work and experiences in the war — "Berlin ...
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Shirer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Margaret Peoples Shirer (1897-1983), American missionary; Priscilla Shirer (born 1974), American author; William L. Shirer (1904-1993), American journalist and war correspondent
Berlin Diary ("The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934–1941") is a first-hand account of the rise of Nazi Germany and its road to war, as witnessed by the American journalist William L. Shirer. [2] Shirer covered Germany for several years as a radio reporter for CBS.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a book by American journalist William L. Shirer in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. It was first published in 1960 by Simon & Schuster in the United States.
December 28 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (born 1904) December 31 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian dissident, scientist and writer (possible suicide, born 1913) [18] Unknown date – Parijat (Bishnu Kumari Waiba), Nepalese novelist and poet (born 1937)
The Nightmare Years is a 1984 book by William L. Shirer, recounting his pre-WW2 years as a journalist in Nazi Germany. [1] It is also a 1989 American television miniseries directed by Anthony Page. It stars Sam Waterston as Shirer, the American reporter stationed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.