Prague in Danger
The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and War
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A dramatic account of life in Czechoslovakia's great capital during the Nazi Protectorate. Peter Demetz focuses on the six years that Prague was under German occupation in World War II: from the bitter morning of March 15, 1939, when Hitler arrived from Berlin to set his seal on the Nazi takeover of the Czechoslovak government, until the liberation of Bohemia in April 1945. Demetz, who was a boy living in Prague at the time, combines his objective chronicle of the city under Nazi control with his personal memories of that period, expertly interweaving a superb account of the German authorities' diplomatic, financial, and military machinations with a brilliant description of Prague's evolving resistance and underground opposition. The result is a complex, continually surprising book filled with rare human detail and warmth, the gripping story of a great city meeting the dual challenge of occupation and war.
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Prague in Danger, Peter Demetz
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- 2008
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- Title
- Prague in Danger
- Subtitle
- The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and War
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Demetz
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0374281262
- ISBN13
- 9780374281267
- Series
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
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- A dramatic account of life in Czechoslovakia's great capital during the Nazi Protectorate. Peter Demetz focuses on the six years that Prague was under German occupation in World War II: from the bitter morning of March 15, 1939, when Hitler arrived from Berlin to set his seal on the Nazi takeover of the Czechoslovak government, until the liberation of Bohemia in April 1945. Demetz, who was a boy living in Prague at the time, combines his objective chronicle of the city under Nazi control with his personal memories of that period, expertly interweaving a superb account of the German authorities' diplomatic, financial, and military machinations with a brilliant description of Prague's evolving resistance and underground opposition. The result is a complex, continually surprising book filled with rare human detail and warmth, the gripping story of a great city meeting the dual challenge of occupation and war.