Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 - Paperback

by Marie Vassiltchikov (Author)

The secret diaries of a 23-year-old White Russian princess who worked at the German Foreign Office from 1940 to the end of the war provides a unique look at World War II from the German side. 16 page photo insert.

Front Jacket

The secret diaries of a twenty-three-year-old White Russian princess who worked in the German Foreign Office from 1940 to 1944 and then as a nurse, these pages give us a unique picture of wartime life in that sector of German society from which the 20th of July Plot -- the conspiracy to kill Hitler -- was born.

Author Biography

Marie Vassiltchikov, who died in 1978, kept a diary of her work at the German Foreign Ministry and with the underground resistance movement during WW II.