Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad
Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad
Chronicling the Leningrad blockade from the perspective of those who endured the unendurable, and drawing on 125 unpublished diaries written by individuals from all walks of Soviet life, a tragic story shows how citizens struggled to make sense of a world collapsing around them during one of World War II’s darkest episodes
Levertijd: ca. 4 tot 6 werkdagen
The German blockade of Leningrad lasted 872 days and cost almost a million civilian lives one of the longest, deadliest sieges in modern history. Drawing on 125 unpublished diaries written by individuals from all walks of life, Alexis Peri tells the tragic, intimate story of how citizens struggled to make sense of a world collapsing around them.