James P. O'Donnell (1917–1990)
Autore di The Bunker
Sull'Autore
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) Apparently the author of The (Berlin) Bunker is the same man who wrote about Yeats's poetry.
Opere di James P. O'Donnell
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- O'Donnell, James P.
- Nome legale
- O'Donnell, James Preston
- Data di nascita
- 1917-07-30
- Data di morte
- 1990-04
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Nazione (per mappa)
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa della morte
- cancer
- Istruzione
- Harvard University
- Attività lavorative
- bureau chief (German|Newsweek magazine)
university professor (Boston University|journalism ) - Organizzazioni
- Newsweek (magazine|German bureau chief)
Boston University (journalism professor) - Nota di disambiguazione
- Apparently the author of The (Berlin) Bunker is the same man who wrote about Yeats's poetry.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 289
- Popolarità
- #80,898
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 8
- Lingue
- 1
Soon after arriving, he traveled to the bunker complex, which was mainly overlooked by troops (who were more interested in the Reich Chancellory). He found it guarded by two Red Army soldiers, and for the price of two packs of cigarettes, he gained access to it. He found the bunker complex a flooded, cluttered, stinking mess.
Ironically (and essential, given his later work), the bunker had not, even at this late point, been systematically investigated by the Russians. Lying around for anyone to pick up were such historic items as Hitler's appointment book, Martin Bormann's personal diary, the battle log for Berlin, and segments of Joseph Goebbels' diary. Right in front of O'Donnell, a British colonel took as a "war souvenir" a blueprint for a reconstruction of Hitler's hometown Linz, in Austria. This historic document (brooded over by Hitler during his last days) ended up over the colonel's fireplace in Kent.
As the new bureau chief, O'Donnell wrote about developments, such as the Russian discovery and identification (after several mistakes) of Hitler's body in mid-May of the same year. In August, he came upon a strange sight - the Russians were apparently making a documentary reconstructing Hitler's final days.
Although the bunker complex fell within the Soviet Union controlled sector of Berlin, and many of the survivors were captured by the Soviets, it was the Western powers who revealed the first accurate account of Hitler's death. The British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, on November 1, held a press conference (covered by O'Donnell) where he revealed the generally accepted theory of Hitler's death. While O'Donnell agreed with Trevor-Roper's account save for some minor details (and, in The Bunker, continues to agree with it), he was unsatisfied with this account. Some reasons he gave were:… (altro)