Munich Playground Expanded Annotated Ernest R Pope Books
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Dateline 1941 Hitler's forces have smashed into western Europe, defeated France, threatened England, and attacked Russia. Many people think of them as "an awe-inspiring group of ascetic, fanatic, and inhuman supermen." Ernest R. Pope knew all too well how illusory this idea was. As senior correspondent for Reuters in Munich from 1936-1941, American Ernest Pope saw the cruel and outrageous behavior of Nazis in their native habitat. In Munich they ran wild, let their hair down, and indulged in every fantasy money and power could avail them. Pope has all the gossip...and the confirmed stories. "I have seen the leading actors in the Nazi tragedy, playing their parts on the Bavarian stage. Long before the climax—the outbreak of the war—I knew what the denouement in Hitler's theater would be." Pope knew, saw, and/or interviewed all the top Nazis and dozens of lower-level officials, including some of Hitler's security. He saw the Nazis for what they were a corrupt, debauched, all-too-human menace. Once back in the U.S., Pope let loose his frustration and ire at what he'd seen—but couldn't write about when he was reporting from Germany. With great humor and fast-paced prose, he writes of encounters with Hitler, Hess, Streicher, and many more. He was in Munich during the fated compromise with Chamberlain. He reported on the Nazi invasions of Austria and Czechoslovakia. He reported on Hitler's obsession with Dorothy van Bruck's "blitz-tease" and he knew Hitler's English girlfriend, Unity Mitford. Pope turns his savage wit and erudition on his former hosts. Fluent in Bavarian German dialect, Pope made many friends in Munich with citizens and officials alike. He heard jokes from Munichers that could get them thrown in a concentration camp and he poked fun at Nazis whenever he dared. You won't find another account like this of the Nazis in their favorite playground. Pope turns serious in the final chapters. As he left Germany, he knew he was saying goodbye to friends he would never see again.
Munich Playground Expanded Annotated Ernest R Pope Books
Munich Playground is an interesting read, in that it provides a view of Third Reich leaders and enablers from the viewpoint of a War correspondent. The book is written in a conversational style. Ernest Pope writes in a very 'glib' fashion, apparently in an attempt to shed humor on what was a very humorless time. The most interesting aspects of the book occur when he explains the relationship between well known Nazi "players" and regular bureaucrats who helped enable the regime. Pope also describes locations and events in real-time, which is rather interesting when you then read about those things in other context.Spread throughout the book are descriptions of what it was like, as a foreign correspondent, to live & work under the regime (i.e. tapped phones, arms length treatment from people who know you well, having to watch your landlady be "disappeared" and not be able to do anything about it). All in all, Pope's book is well worth reading. Gave it four stars instead of five, because frankly Pope tended to enhance descriptions of people with superfluous adjectives when the "less is more" philosophy would have worked a lot better. Even so, it's a four star book just for the information it provides in one small package that you would not necessarily find elsewhere.
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Munich Playground Expanded Annotated Ernest R Pope Books Reviews
Somewhat risqué but in context understandably so. Someone once said, “If you want to tell a person the truth tell it to them with humor.” This book is the personification of that truth. The author has a delightful tongue-in-cheek sense of humor that helps make very serious and heart-wrenching history a little more understandable. He shows the Nazi’s for what they really are when they let their hair down in Munich.
The author provides an on-the-ground look at Bavaria before war broke out. The book explains many points of views. Fantastic read.
A great book for another view of the Nazi regime. It helps if you already have a base knowledge of the time period and people involved.
Anerican journalist describes the hypocritical hedonistic lifestyles of the Nazi leadership as only an observant outsider who has gained access to the parties and habits kept from the 'folk' can. Reminds one of current despots and their sychophantic echo chambers who surround them.
Munich Playground is an interesting read, in that it provides a view of Third Reich leaders and enablers from the viewpoint of a War correspondent. The book is written in a conversational style. Ernest Pope writes in a very 'glib' fashion, apparently in an attempt to shed humor on what was a very humorless time. The most interesting aspects of the book occur when he explains the relationship between well known Nazi "players" and regular bureaucrats who helped enable the regime. Pope also describes locations and events in real-time, which is rather interesting when you then read about those things in other context.
Spread throughout the book are descriptions of what it was like, as a foreign correspondent, to live & work under the regime (i.e. tapped phones, arms length treatment from people who know you well, having to watch your landlady be "disappeared" and not be able to do anything about it). All in all, Pope's book is well worth reading. Gave it four stars instead of five, because frankly Pope tended to enhance descriptions of people with superfluous adjectives when the "less is more" philosophy would have worked a lot better. Even so, it's a four star book just for the information it provides in one small package that you would not necessarily find elsewhere.
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