30 April 1945
Subtitle: the day Hitler shot himself and Germany's integration with the West began
By: Alexander Kluge ; translated by Wieland Hoban ; assisted by Thomas Combrink ; with guest contributions by Reinhard Jirgl translated by Iain Galbraith
Contributors: Hoban, Wieland, translator; Combrink, Thomas, 1976- translator; Jirgl, Reinhard, 1953- contributor; Galbraith, Iain, translator
Series: German list; German list
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780857422989
Subjects: Death and burial; World War, 1939-1945; Foreign relations
Work titles: 30. April 1945
Description: 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.
Notes: Translation from German of:  30. April 1945.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Alexander Kluge: arrival at the endpoint; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: in a different country; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: in the reich capital; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: in a small town; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: on the globe; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: Heidegger at Wildenstein Castle; title: Reinhard Jirgl; title: Alexander Kluge: I, the last national socialist in Kabul; title: Alexander Kluge: in place of a postscript.