Book Review: Leningrad 1943




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Summary: In 1943 British journalist Alexander Werth reported from Leningrad, after the longest siege of the war had just been broken by the Red Army. He found the city he was born in devastated by the Nazis and a population that had born some of the bloodiest sacrifices of the war. His memoir of Leningrad is reviewed here. http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Economics%20finance%20business%20%20management/Industry%20%20industrial%20studies/Media%20information%20%20communication%20industries/Press%20%20journalism/Leningrad%201943%20Inside%20a%20City%20Under%20Siege.aspx?menuitem=%7B19E11E12-06C7-4230-BA23-4A2B8F174CB8%7D