The last days of Budapest : the destruction of Europe's most cosmopolitan capital in World War II / Adam Lebor.
| Author/creator | LeBor, Adam author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First US edition. |
| Publication | New York : PublicAffairs, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 501 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Destruction of Europe's most cosmopolitan capital in World War II |
| Variant title | Destruction of Europe's most cosmopolitan capital in World War 2 |
| Contents | Part 1. The balancing act: The end of empire ; A nation traumatized ; The most seductive city ; Diplomatic dances ; Brothers in sword and glass ; A sackful of trouble ; A surfeit of spies ; The die is cast ; City of spies ; Hungary goes to war -- part 2. Magyar maneuvers: A time of dying ; A new spring's hope dies ; A marriage of convenience ; An agreement in Istanbul ; A South African in Budapest -- part 3. The last days: Operation Margarethe ; Head of State in absentia ; A wave of arrests ; Warnings ignored ; Mission impossible ; Exodus ; A dirty business ; Summer salvation ; Neutral rescuers ; A time of alibis ; A new year's promise ; A false October dawn ; The gates of Hell ; Death march ; To the ghetto ; Days of hunger and terror ; Siege and slaughter ; Shells rain down ; Fresh depths of savagery ; Pest liberated, Buda fights on. |
| Abstract | "Budapest, autumn 1943. After four years of war, Hungary was firmly allied with Nazi Germany. Budapest swirled with intrigue and betrayal, home to spies and agents of every kind. But the city remained an oasis in the midst of conflict where Allied POWs and Polish and Jewish refugees found sanctuary. All that came to an end in March 1944 when the Nazis invaded. By the summer Allied bombers were pounding Budapest's grand boulevards and historic squares. By late December the city was surrounded and under siege from the advancing Red Army. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died in the savage fighting as Budapest collapsed into anarchy. Hungarian death squads roamed the streets as the city's Jews were forced into ghettos or were shot into the Danube. Russian artillery hammered the city into smoking rubble as starving residents struggled to survive the winter. Using newly uncovered diaries, documents, archival material and interviews with the last survivors, Adam LeBor has brilliantly recreated life and death in wartime Budapest"--Inside jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-480) and index. |
| LCCN | 2024950288 |
| ISBN | 9781541700581 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1541700589 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | D765.562.B8 L43 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |