30 April 1945 : the day Hitler shot himself and Germany's integration with the West began / Alexander Kluge ; translated by Wieland Hoban ; assisted by Thomas Combrink ; with guest contributions by Reinhard Jirgl ; translated by Iain Galbraith.
Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Alexander Kluge: arrival at the endpoint -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: in a different country -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: in the reich capital -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: in a small town -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: on the globe -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: Heidegger at Wildenstein Castle -- Reinhard Jirgl -- Alexander Kluge: I, the last national socialist in Kabul -- Alexander Kluge: in place of a postscript.
Summary:
It was on April 30, 1945 that the Red Army occupied Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker and the United Nations was being founded in San Francisco. Alexander Kluge covers this single historic day and unravels its passing hours across the different theatres of the Second World War, including the life of a small German town occupied by American forces and the story of two SS officers stranded on the forsaken Kerguelen Islands. The collective experiences Kluge paints here are jarring, poignant and imbued with meaning.
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