30 April 1945 : the day Hitler shot himself and Germany's integration with the West began / Alexander Kluge ; translated by Wieland Hoban ; assisted by Thomas Combrink ; with guest contributions by Reinhard Jirgl translated by Iain Galbraith.

Author: Kluge, Alexander, 1932- author.

ImprintLondon ; New York : Seagull Books, 2022.

Imprint2015

Description299 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Note:"Originally published as Alexander Kluge, 30. April 1945. Der Tag, an dem Hitler sich erschoss und die Westbindung der Deutschen begann, Suhrkamp Verlag Berin 2014." -- Title page verso.

Note:Arrival at the endpoint / Alexander Kluge -- War births / Reinhard Jirgl -- In a different country / Alexander Kluge -- The great march / Reinhard Jirgl -- In the Reich capital / Alexander Kluge -- A proletarian Clytemnestra : Reinhard Jirgl -- In a small town / Alexander Kluge -- Uncanny beridge-building / Reinhard Jirgl -- On the globe / Alexander Kluge -- After midnight / Reinhard Jirgl -- Heidegger at Wildenstein Castle / Alexander Kluge -- Shadow figures 2. Into the light / Reinhard Jirgl -- I, the last national socialist / Alexander Kluge -- In place of a postscript / Alexander Kluge.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

Note:It was on April 30, 1945 that the Red Army occupied Berlin, Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker and the United Nations was being founded in San Francisco. Alexander Kluge covers this single historic day and unravels its passing hours across the different theatres of the Second World War, including the life of a small German town occupied by American forces and the story of two SS officers stranded on the forsaken Kerguelen Islands. The collective experiences Kluge paints here are jarring, poignant and imbued with meaning.

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