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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, a CBS journalist who resided in Nazi Germany until 1940 and was in frequent contact with Hanfstaengl, described him as an "eccentric, gangling man, whose sardonic wit somewhat compensated for his shallow mind." [11] Hanfstaengl wrote Unheard Witness (1957), which was later re-released as Hitler: The Missing Years, about his ...
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 ...
William Shirer wrote that the German people were not greatly aroused by the Nazi attacks on the churches. The great majority were not moved to face death or imprisonment for the sake of freedom of worship, being too impressed by Hitler's early foreign policy successes and the restoration of the German economy.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is Shirer's comprehensive historical interpretation of the Nazi era, positing that German history logically proceeded from Martin Luther to Adolf Hitler; [3] [a] [page needed] and that Hitler's accession to power was an expression of German national character, not of totalitarianism as an ideology that was internationally fashionable in the 1930s.
[58] [59] William L. Shirer wrote that, "under the leadership of Rosenberg, Bormann and Himmler – backed by Hitler – the Nazi regime intended to destroy Christianity in Germany, if it could, and substitute the old paganism of the early tribal Germanic gods with the new paganism of the Nazi extremists". [186]
William continued, “As we’re walking along here, it’s been a walk that my family have done for many, many years on the way to church on Christmas Day. It must be at least 25 years by now.”
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.