| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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Preface by Nicholas WerthMoscow to LeningradFirst ContactSt. Petersburg -- LeningradThe Observation TowerSightseeingKamenny IslandLeningrad AirmenA Factory in the FamineSunday Evening in LeningradChildren in the Famine and NowThe Bristles of the HedgehogEndurance : The Kirov WorksAt the Writer's UnionAll-day ShellingThe Mayor of Leningrad SpeaksThe Last DayLeningrad's Liberation : The Second Visit |
| Summary |
The 900-day German Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty and horror of World War II. As the sole British correspondent to have been in the city during the blockade, Alexander Werth presents a harrowing firsthand account of the savagery and destruction wrought by the Nazis against the civilian population of the city. His writing evokes compelling images of terror - the bombing of children's hospitals, mass starvation and cannibalism - with rich and well-informed first hand-accounts and commentary on the internal politics of Soviet party chiefs, soldiers a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Werth, Alexander, 1901-1969.
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| SUBJECT |
Werth, Alexander, 1901-1969 fast |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001009
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Russia (Federation) -- Saint Petersburg
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Personal narratives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780857735027 |
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0857735020 |
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