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Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin was a turning point for Germany. The bombing of Berlin deatroyed the homes of over a half a million people and injured almost 10,000. The author highlights the power and strength of the German airforce and Berlin’s defenses; less than 4,000 Germans were killed. Despite strong defenses, Berliners were affected by…
Poor Conditions
The conditions during winter were especially difficult for the Berliners. I was surprised that many had to wear winter clothing while indoors because it was so cold. I did not realize that with all the restrictions on water heating, that the people did not shower as much. It makes logical sense; it was just never…
Surviving Winter Storms in 1940’s without modern technology.
The winters of the year 1940 was brutal for the residents of the city of Berlin. Germany’s waterways from the smallest canals and lake to the greatest arterial rivers, froze solid. Temperatures fell as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. The effect of the brutal weather disrupted the lives of berliners to a great extent….
Business flourishing under the blanket of blackout
“One man’s loss is another man’s gain” In the year 1939 Berlin was covered in a blanket of darkness, a defensive measure to protect itself. Berlin was having total black outs to protect itself from air raids by the British. The blackout was a measure to ensure that plane could not see any sign of…
Berlin Blues
The mood within the city of Berlin shifted with the changes in the war for Germany in 1940. There was a depressing atmosphere because of strict rationing, enduring blackouts, and lost loved ones. Berliners tried to distract themselves through entertainment, such as theaters. By 1941, from the Berliners’ perspective, Germany seemed to have won the…
A Hurricane or War
When reading about the precautions taking when preparing for warm I could not help but realize that it greatly resembled the preparations taken when expecting to be hit by a hurricane. Living on an island on the east coast of Florida, this is the closest similarity I could draw to what was being described in Berlin…
1 September, 1939
A journal entry from Edith Färber, age 10 living in Berlin the morning that war was declared on Poland. This morning started like any other. Mother woke both Hans and I and fed us breakfast, Father had his coffee and went off to work, then the rest of us left for school. Hans and I…
Top 3 Reasons Rollins College Fox Day is the same as the Hitler’s Birthday festivities
Upon beginning reading Berlin at War by Roger Moorhouse, I was inspired by the details of the festivities associated with the celebration of Adolf Hitler’s birthday on April 20th in 1939. Throughout reading the prologue, I could not help but notice the similarities between the morale of the German city on Hitler’s birthday and that…