xix, 581 pages : 20 cm

Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2007

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part one: friday, 20 april 1945 -- 1. Cruel spring -- p. 3 -- 2. Sorrow and darkness -- p. 30 -- 3. Avenging justige -- p. 60 -- 4. A corious pearly colour -- p. 80 -- 5. To fall heroically -- p. 90 -- 6. Ich war immer daggen -- p. 117 -- Part two: 20-30 april 1945 -- 7. A sort of alice in wonderland air -- p. 141 -- 8. The most degenerate spectacle -- p. 159 -- 9. Death of dictator -- p.179 -- 10. Himmler's Bid -- p. 196 -- 11. Boulevard of broken dreams -- p. 210 -- 12. Alpine Refuge -- p. 233 -- 13. Death fled -- p. 248 -- 14. The bitterest battle -- p. 264 -- Part three: hitler's death to ve day -- 15. Dealing with Nazis -- p. 279 -- 16. The cap Arcona -- p. 291 -- 17. The dead-end of Hitler's Reich -- p. 307 -- 18. Hitler's loot -- p. 320 -- The dawn has broken trough at last -- p. 341 -- Part four: ve day to potsdam -- 20. Ve day -- p. 361 -- 21. Fortune is not always joy -- p. 387 -- 22. A grostesque comedy -- p. 407 -- 23. An iron curtain -- p. 423 -- 24. You lost people as you gained your freedom -- p. 423 -- 25. Berlin: the grey city -- p. 442 -- 26. Monday, 16 july 1945 -- p. 482 -- 27. Other beats in other lairs -- 502 -- Epilogue: what happened to them? -- p. 516 -- Notes -- p. 527 -- Bibliography -- p. 555 -- Index -- p. 569