Third Reich Diaries [Paperback]

Henry Simon (Author), Hilda Simon (Author), Hilda Ysimon (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2000

A riveting eyewitness account of the Hitler years. The author, an American consultant for the famed Zeiss Optical Works, was forced by a near-fatal illness to stay on in Germany during WW II. His experiences provided ample material for this authoritative, unique report on life in wartime Nazi Germany.

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About the Author

Henry Simon's adult life began as a student at Oxford, next took him to the California desert on a five-year sojourn that cured the TB he had contracted in Europe, and only then let him marry, settle in California, and raise a family. An extended family visit in Germany took a downturn when the Crash of 1929 left him stranded. He found work as an American consultant for the Zeiss Optical Works; over the following years, he watched in vain for a chance to return to the United States, until in 1939 he was offered a job as the editor of a technical magazine in New York. Before it could be finalized in 1940, he succumbed to a rare case of encephalitis with a dreadful aftermath of post-encephalitic Parkinsonism, which meant he had to stay in Germany. The war years were filled with stress and uncertainty, but it all ended in 1945 when first Americans and then Red Army troops occupied the town. After a year in the Soviet zone, the author, his wife, and his younger daughter Hilda were on their way back to America. Henry Simon, although increasingly crippled, spent his remaining years writing his memoirs, in which he included the "Third Reich Diaries." He died at age seventy-five in 1957.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp (July 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738822264
• ISBN-13: 978-0738822266
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,487,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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