The Weimar Chronicle: Prelude to Hitler

from inside flap of cover: "Beginning with the declaration of armistice and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918, and culminating with the torchlight procession in Berlin which celebrated Hitler's assumption of office on January 30, 1933, de Jonge has masterfully reconstructed these vital years of German history, bringing back to life "a certain Germany," as he calls it, and more particularly, "a certain Berlin." "