Berlin Diary (1934-1941) is a first-hand account of the rise of the Third Reich and it's road to war, as witnessed by the American journalist William L. Shirer. Shirer, a radio reporter for CBS, covered Germany till the Nazi press censors made it impossible for him to work. Most of the names of persons in this book are disguised under false initials to discourage Gestapo when the book was first published in 1941. The contents of this book provided most of the material for his next book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - a definitive guide to Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 - December 28, 1993) was an American historian and journalist. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Gestapo is a portmanteau contraction of the name of the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, Geheime Staatspolizei, (German for secret state police). During the reign of Nazi Germany, the Gestapo was the central intelligence agency of Germany, under the overall administration of the SS. It was administrated by... The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by journalist William L. Shirer was the first definitive history of Nazi Germany in English. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...