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Back in the United States he continued as a radio correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System until 1947 when he found himself blacklisted. Shirer didn’t much like McCarthyism (it reminded him too much of Nazi Germany) and didn’t care much for toeing the line. After a short stint with another radio station he took to writing. This would lead to his best seller “Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”, which is still read by serious WWII scholars today.
Shirer’s collection includes an extensive diary spanning over 70 years (1919-1993), his manuscripts, his correspondence, and his lectures along with boxes of publications and newspaper clippings covering the 20th Century and its many turbulent events.
~Sara
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