William L. Shirer: Quick Facts


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Also Known As William Lawrence Shirer
Born February 23, 1904 • Chicago • Illinois
Died December 28, 1993 (aged 89) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors National Book Award
Notable Works “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany”
Subjects Of Study Nazism • Germany

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Hans Fritzsche
German journalist
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William Joyce
English-language propagandist
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Howard K. Smith
American journalist and broadcaster
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Amy Goodman
American journalist, columnist, and author
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Theodore H. White
American historian
Charles Kuralt
Charles Kuralt
American journalist
Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe
American author
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William H. McNeill
Canadian-American historian
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Fritz Fischer
German historian
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Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
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Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer
Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Freiherr von Pufendorf
Samuel, baron von Pufendorf
German jurist and historian
Wilhelm Liebknecht
Wilhelm Liebknecht
German socialist
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Karl Gotthard Lamprecht
German historian
Treitschke, Heinrich von
Heinrich von Treitschke
German historian
Richard Dimbleby
Richard Dimbleby
British journalist
Meinecke, 1942
Friedrich Meinecke
German historian
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Heinrich von Sybel
German historian
Alfred Rosenberg
Alfred Rosenberg
German Nazi leader