Description:
A memoir of growing up in Germany from 1914 - 1933, published after Haffner's death.
A personal account of the time of Weimar, and of the growth of the Nazi Party, which has a terrible impact on the author and his group of friends. For all this is a personal account, it also helps to explain the rise of the Nazis at street level, and the impact on everyday life of their accession to power in 1933. The memoir stops in October 1933, just befor the author left for Paris.