
Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself
Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans in 1945
By: Florian Huber
Paperback | 4 June 2019
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Drawing on eyewitness accounts, historian Florian Huber tells of the largest mass suicide in German history and its suppression by the survivors-a fascinating insight into the feelings of ordinary people caught in the tide of history who saw no other way out.
Industry Reviews
'[A] a remarkable book-grim and fascinating.' * The Times *
'Until Huber's work, the deaths were underestimated, confined to official documents and several diaries published in the 1950s and 1960s. It makes Promise Me a significant work.' * Adelaide Advertiser *
'Huber acquaints us with a chapter of German history largely unknown until now, and likely repressed.' -- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
'Gut-wrenching to read and one of the last previously untold and unacknowledged chapters in German history.' * North and South *
'A grimly compelling insight into the psychology of fanaticism.' * Economist *
'In this exploration of the relatively undocumented suicide epidemic that swept across Germany at the end of the Second World War, Florian Huber gives a harrowing insight into the psyche of everyday German citizens, from the time of Hitler's meteoric rise to power to the destructive downfall of Nazi Germany.' * Scotsman *
'All eyes will be opened...by the sheer facts on offer in Florian Huber's Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself...Huber follows a cast of real, all-too-human characters as they head into darkness. He builds a terrifying picture of how a modern, civilised culture embraced a lunatic death-cult...Huber's terrible evidence is priceless, and belongs on every bookshelf.' * Spectator *
'Vivid and disturbing...Huber portrays his subjects with empathy and offers key insights into the German mindset before, during, and after WWII.' * Publishers Weekly *
ISBN: 9781925773699
ISBN-10: 1925773698
Published: 4th June 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 2.9 x 15.4 x 23.2
Weight (kg): 0.4
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