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Florian Huber, Author; 'Promise me you'll shoot Yourself'
craig stennett
Jul 13, 2019
During the last weeks of World War II, tens of thousands of Germans killed themselves, especially in territories occupied by the Red Army. The German historian Udo Grashhoff and the German author Kurt Bauer write that the suicides occurred in two stages: in a first wave before the Red Army's arrival, in part due to a "fear of the Russians" spread by Nazi propaganda, and – as in Demmin – in a second wave after the Red Army's arrival, triggered by executions, looting and mass rapes committed by Soviet soldiers. #florianhuber #historian#author #germany #demmin #penguinbooks #history #photournalism#journalism #documentar #thirdreich