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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[G]ripping, immaculately researched . . . In Mr. Ullrich’s account, the murderous behavior of the Reich’s last-ditch loyalists was not a reaction born of rage or of stubbornness in the face of defeat—common enough in war—but of something that had long ago tipped over into the pathological." -- Andrew Stuttaford - Wall Street Journal
"[V]ivid, fast-paced . . . Superbly researched,
Eight Days in May communicates the pity of Hitler’s war and its aftermath with sympathy and an impressive narrative verve." -- Ian Thomson - The Spectator (UK)
"[E]xcellent . . . It still must be hard for a German scholar to be entirely dispassionate about what was done in (still, just) living memory." -- David Aaronovitch - The Times (UK)
"This vivid account by historian Ullrich (
Hitler: Downfall) renders the death throes of the Third Reich in riveting detail... This immersive and often disturbing chronicle brilliantly evokes a surreal moment in history that gave 'the impression of apocalypse on the one hand and of a new beginning on the other." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"[R]ichly textured... A vital and often vibrant account of eight days when people all across Europe were suspended in confusion and chaos." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Ullrich provides a sweeping view of Germany’s collapse: he documents the regime’s last-minute power struggles, sexual violence and plundering inflicted by the Soviet army, death marches and massacres of prisoners of war and forced laborers by diehard Nazis, and brutal sieges and battles... expertly researched and written." -- Michael Rodriguez - Library Journal
