Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 paints a vivid portrait of a city under moral, financial, and military siege
- Posted on March 17, 2026
- By The Globe and Mail
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Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945 paints a vivid portrait of a city under moral, financial, and military siege

Ian Buruma was drawn to wartime Berlin because his father, a Dutchman was pressed into factory work there from 1943 to 1945