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SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
‘A passionate memoir.’ Neil MacGregor
‘A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book.’ Tom Holland
‘Personal and panoramic, heart-wrenching yet uplifting, this is history at its most alive.’ A.D. Miller
In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother’s house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her ‘soul place’ now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall had stood for nearly three decades.
In a bid to save the house from demolition, Thomas began to unearth the history of the five families who had lived there a nobleman farmer, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children and a Stasi informant. Discovering stories of domestic joy and contentment, of terrible grief and tragedy, and of a hatred handed down through the generations, a history of twentieth century Germany and the story of a nation emerged.
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The House by the Lake eBook Thomas Harding Reviews :
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016
A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
‘A passionate memoir.’ Neil MacGregor
‘A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book.’ Tom Holland
‘Personal and panoramic, heart-wrenching yet uplifting, this is history at its most alive.’ A.D. Miller
In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother’s house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her ‘soul place’ now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall had stood for nearly three decades.
In a bid to save the house from demolition, Thomas began to unearth the history of the five families who had lived there a nobleman farmer, a prosperous Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, a widow and her children and a Stasi informant. Discovering stories of domestic joy and contentment, of terrible grief and tragedy, and of a hatred handed down through the generations, a history of twentieth century Germany and the story of a nation emerged.
ebook,Thomas Harding,The House by the Lake,Cornerstone Digital,20th century,20th century history c 1900 to c 2000,20th century history c 1900 to c 2000,20th century, c 1900 to c 1999,East Germany,East Germany, DDR,Family history, tracing ancestors,Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),Germany,HISTORY / Europe / Germany,HISTORY / Holocaust,HISTORY / Jewish,HISTORY / Military / World War II,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,Nazi occupation berlin wall Hitler Stalin; family generations home 1930s; Stasi Ministry for State Security Boys from Brazil; Edmund de Vaal the hare with amber eyes; Neil MacGregor Germany memories of a nation; Jung Chan Wild Swans The Gustav Sonata; Jews Jewish Judaism Hanns and Rudolf; Life in the third reich paul roland Odessa File; antony beevor ardennes 1944 hitler's last gamble; damien lewis nazi hunters,Second World War,The Cold War,The Holocaust,USSR, Soviet Union,West Germany,HISTORY / Europe / Germany,HISTORY / Holocaust,HISTORY / Jewish,HISTORY / Military / World War II,HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century,20th century history c 1900 to c 2000,Second World War,The Holocaust,The Cold War
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