William L. Shirer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf journalist
author
historian
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:CBS_News
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Chicago_Tribune
gptkbp:awards National Book Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1904-02-23
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:deathDate 1993-11-28
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William L. Shirer
gptkbp:influenced history
journalism
historical writing
political science
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:knownFor reporting_on_Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:legacy journalistic integrity
historical documentation
influence on historians
critical analysis of totalitarianism
impact on public understanding of history
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableEvent World_War_II_reporting
Berlin_during_the_1930s
Nuremberg_Trials_coverage
Post-war_Europe_analysis
gptkbp:notableWork The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
gptkbp:occupation war correspondent
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse Catherine_Shirer
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Berlin_Diary
The Collapse of the Third Republic
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The End of the Third Reich
The Nightmare Years