Berlin, May 1945. Notes of a Military Interpreter
9 hrs. 16 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Elena Rzhevskaya
Author
Elena Rzhevskaya
Narrator
Alexander Kharitonov
Narrator
Alexander Kharitonov
Description
The narrative of “Berlin, May 1945” tells about the assault on Berlin, about the courage and self-sacrifice of Soviet soldiers in the battles to seize the imperial chancery—the last refuge of the fascist leaders. The writer’s memoirs (during the war—translator of the headquarters of one of our armies) combined with published acts, testimonies, diary pages, and other documents reliably reconstruct the events of the last days of the Great Patriotic War. The book has been published repeatedly in our country, translated into foreign languages, and released in more than 20 countries. The second section of the collection consists of stories about the war.
About the author: Elena Rzhevskaya is a writer of war-themed books: “From Home to the Front,” “February — Curved Roads,” “There Was a War…,” “Close Front Lines,” the novella “Burned Heat,” and about postwar life: “Many Years Later,” “Earthly Gravity,” and others. During the war, E. Rzhevskaya was a military translator and traveled with the army from Moscow to Berlin. In the book “Berlin, May 1945,” she tells about the final days of the war, about the seizure of the imperial chancery by our troops, in the underground of which Hitler and his staff were located. The acts published by E. Rzhevskaya, testimonies, the pages of Goebbels’s and Bormann’s diaries, correspondence between Hitler and others, and other documents make it possible to present the described historical events more completely and vividly. E. Rzhevskaya is well known to Soviet and foreign readers. Her books are translated into many countries around the world.
About the author: Elena Rzhevskaya is a writer of war-themed books: “From Home to the Front,” “February — Curved Roads,” “There Was a War…,” “Close Front Lines,” the novella “Burned Heat,” and about postwar life: “Many Years Later,” “Earthly Gravity,” and others. During the war, E. Rzhevskaya was a military translator and traveled with the army from Moscow to Berlin. In the book “Berlin, May 1945,” she tells about the final days of the war, about the seizure of the imperial chancery by our troops, in the underground of which Hitler and his staff were located. The acts published by E. Rzhevskaya, testimonies, the pages of Goebbels’s and Bormann’s diaries, correspondence between Hitler and others, and other documents make it possible to present the described historical events more completely and vividly. E. Rzhevskaya is well known to Soviet and foreign readers. Her books are translated into many countries around the world.
