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240 10 a| Schloss der schriftsteller.l| English=| ^A1475636;

245 14 a| The writers' castle :b| reporting history at Nuremberg /c| Uwe Neumahr ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.;

264 1 a| London :b| Pushkin Press,c| 2024.;

300 a| xv, 329 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Originally published as Das Schloss der Schriftsteller by Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, in 2023.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Foreword -- A castle made of pencils -- American defeats, or the melancholy of John Dos Passos -- Countess Katharina and Gestapo head Rudolf Diels -- Erich Kästner's broken promise -- Erika Mann, her "beloved lunatic" and an unpleasant reunion -- William Shirer and the good Wehrmacht general -- Alfred Döblin's didactic deception: the phantom resident of Schloss Faber-Castell -- Janet Flanner and the cross-examination of Hermann Göring -- The French Stalinism of Elsa Triolet -- Willy Brandt, Markus Wolf and the Katyn Massacre -- Rebecca West's doomed affair -- Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's shadow and the shock of Dachau -- Painting to escape the horror: Wolfgang Hildesheimer and the Einsatzgruppen Trial -- A kind of afterword: Golo Mann's plea for Rudolf Hess.;

546 a| In English, translated from the German.;

520 a| "A gripping, fresh approach to the Nuremberg Trial, told through the stories of the many great writers who came to witness it. Nuremberg, 1946. As the trials of Nazi war criminals begin, some of the world's most famous writers and reporters gather in the ruined German city. Among them are Rebecca West, John Dos Passos, Martha Gellhorn, Erika Mann and Janet Flanner. Crammed together in the press camp at Schloss Faber-Castell, where reporters sleep ten to a room, complain about the food and argue in the lively bar, they each try to find words for the unprecedented events they are witnessing. Here, tensions simmer between Soviet and Western journalists, unlikely affairs begin, stories are falsified and fabricated - and each reporter is forever changed by what they experience. As Uwe Neumahr builds an engrossing group portrait of the luminaries at Nuremberg, we are taken to the heart of the political and cultural conflicts of the time - observing history at the very moment it was being written"--Publisher's description.;

610 20 a| Schloss Faber-Castell.=| ^A1475035;

650 0 a| Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.=| ^A195290;

650 0 a| Reporters and reportingz| Germanyz| Nuremberg.=| ^A20559;

650 0 a| Journalistsz| Germanyz| Nuremberg.=| ^A73393;

650 0 a| Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.=| ^A487466;

700 1 a| Chase, Jefferson S.,e| translator.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJptWMbpVgFwddBMXXvPwC=| ^A1185313;

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The writers' castle : reporting history at Nuremberg / Uwe Neumahr ; translated from the German by Jefferson Chase.

Author/creator	Neumahr, Uwe author.
Other author	Chase, Jefferson S., translator.
Format	Book
Publication	London : Pushkin Press, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	xv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Schloss Faber-Castell. Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946. Reporters and reporting--Germany. --Nuremberg. Journalists--Germany. --Nuremberg. Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949.

Uniform title	Schloss der schriftsteller. English
Contents	Foreword -- A castle made of pencils -- American defeats, or the melancholy of John Dos Passos -- Countess Katharina and Gestapo head Rudolf Diels -- Erich Kästner's broken promise -- Erika Mann, her "beloved lunatic" and an unpleasant reunion -- William Shirer and the good Wehrmacht general -- Alfred Döblin's didactic deception: the phantom resident of Schloss Faber-Castell -- Janet Flanner and the cross-examination of Hermann Göring -- The French Stalinism of Elsa Triolet -- Willy Brandt, Markus Wolf and the Katyn Massacre -- Rebecca West's doomed affair -- Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's shadow and the shock of Dachau -- Painting to escape the horror: Wolfgang Hildesheimer and the Einsatzgruppen Trial -- A kind of afterword: Golo Mann's plea for Rudolf Hess.
Abstract	"A gripping, fresh approach to the Nuremberg Trial, told through the stories of the many great writers who came to witness it. Nuremberg, 1946. As the trials of Nazi war criminals begin, some of the world's most famous writers and reporters gather in the ruined German city. Among them are Rebecca West, John Dos Passos, Martha Gellhorn, Erika Mann and Janet Flanner. Crammed together in the press camp at Schloss Faber-Castell, where reporters sleep ten to a room, complain about the food and argue in the lively bar, they each try to find words for the unprecedented events they are witnessing. Here, tensions simmer between Soviet and Western journalists, unlikely affairs begin, stories are falsified and fabricated - and each reporter is forever changed by what they experience. As Uwe Neumahr builds an engrossing group portrait of the luminaries at Nuremberg, we are taken to the heart of the political and cultural conflicts of the time - observing history at the very moment it was being written"--Publisher's description.
General note	Originally published as Das Schloss der Schriftsteller by Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, München, in 2023.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language	In English, translated from the German.
ISBN	9781805330714
ISBN	1805330713
ISBN	9781805330691 (hardcover)
ISBN	1805330691 (hardcover)

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