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 William Shirer - Lenox, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 21.193 W 073° 14.799
18T E 644404 N 4690483
The grave of American journalist, war correspondent, and author William Shirer is located in Mountain View Cemetery, Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA.
Waymark Code: WM1178Y
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/30/2019
Views: 3
The grave of journalist, war correspondent, and author William Shirer is marked by a 2.5' high semi-oval granite stone which is inscribed:
WILLIAM SHIRER
1904 - 1993
Description:
William Lawrence Shirer was born in Chicago, IL on February 23, 1904. He graduated from Coe College, Iowa in 1925 and became the European correspondent for the Chicago Tribune from 1925 to 1932. In 1934 he worked for the Berlin bureau of the wire service the Universal Service where he cover the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany. Together with Edward R. Murrow, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, reporting on the Would War II in Europe.
After the war he became a broadcast journalist for the Columbia Broadscasting System where he was awarded the prestigious Peabody Award for Outstanding Reporting and Interpretation of News. Later he became famous for his writing. He wrote both non-fiction, including a three part autobiography, and three works of fiction. Through his books, he is considered the leading authority on the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
His books include:
Non-fiction:
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941 (1941)
End of a Berlin Diary (1947)
Mid-century Journey (1952)
The Challenge of Scandinavia (1955)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960)
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1961)
The Sinking of the Bismarck (1962)
The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969)
20th Century Journey (autobiography, volume 1, 1976)
Gandhi A Memoir (1980)
The Nightmare Years (autobiography, volume 2, 1984)
A Native's Return (autobiography, volume 3, 1990)
Love and Hatred - The Troubled Marriage of Leo and Sonya Tolstoy (published posthumously, 1994)
This is Berlin Reporting from Nazi Germany, 1938–40
The last is a compilation of Shirer's CBS broadcasts (1999)
Fiction:
The Traitor (1950)
Stranger Come Home (1954)
The Consul's Wife (1956)
Date of birth: 02/23/1904
Date of death: 12/28/1993
Area of notoriety: Literature
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daylight hours
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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