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Schonungslos und selbstkritisch erzählt der Schriftsteller Erich Loest aus seinem Leben. 1926 im sächsischen Mittweida geboren, kam Loest über die Hitlerjugend zur NSDAP und nahm als junger Soldat, als sogenannter "Werwolf", am Zweiten Weltkrieg teil. 1947 trat er begeistert in die SED ein, wurde aber zehn Jahre später wegen angeblicher "konterrevolutionärer Gruppenbildung" zu siebeneinhalb Jahren Haft verurteilt. Mit seiner Entlassung endet diese Autobiografie. Gelesen von Kurt Böwe ist "Durch die Erde ein Riss" eine beeindruckende literarische Chronik deutscher Zeitgeschichte.

Were World Wars I and II–which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction–inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man’s control? Or were they products of calamitous...

The extraordinary true story of surviving the unimaginable … In 1945, seven-year-old Barbie and her sister Eva were trapped, terrified, in wartorn Germany. With their father missing, and hundreds of miles from their mother, news of the approaching army left them confronted with an impossible choice: to face invasion, or to flee on foot.Eva, aged nineteen, was determined to find her mother.

World War II was more than just a clash of armies—it was a battle of ideologies, economies, and strategies on a global scale. It was the deadliest conflict in human history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in the deaths of an estimated 70 to 85 million people, including both military personnel and civilians. For a time, it seemed as though Nazi Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, might succeed in reshaping the world according to its vision. Germany’s early victories stunned observers and instilled fear across Europe.