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By February 1945 Hitler had lost the war but no one knew for how long the meaningless killing would persist. Then a message arrived in Zurich that a handful of German officers might be convinced to renege on their oath of loyalty to the Führer and surrender. The ensuing negotiations, conducted secretly in Switzerland, were called Operation Sunrise.
Max Husmann was a key player in this operation. He was not a military man but an educator. His school on the Zugerberg was built on a belief in the power of education to help build a world governed by peace. Capitulation was reached by May but the struggles of those months, and the political strife of the aftermath that silenced the story for decades, are lessons in how hard it is to end a war.
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Sara Randell wurde in London geboren, wuchs in Nordirland auf und studierte Geschichte an der Oxford University. Nachdem sie einige Jahre amerikanische Reisegruppen zu den kulturellen Sehenswürdigkeiten von Europa geführt hatte, kehrte sie an die Oxford University zurück, um sich als Lehrerin ausbilden zu lassen. Nach dem Erwerb des Ph.D. am dortigen Department of Education blieb sie als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität. Seither hat sie in London, Spanien und der Schweiz gelebt. Sie arbeitet, inspiriert durch ihre Begeisterung für Geschichte und Pädagogik und ihre Erfahrung als Forscherin, als Autorin für verschiedene Medien.
Summary
By February 1945 Hitler had lost the war but no one knew for how long the meaningless killing would persist. Then a message arrived in Zurich that a handful of German officers might be convinced to renege on their oath of loyalty to the Führer and surrender. The ensuing negotiations, conducted secretly in Switzerland, were called Operation Sunrise.
Max Husmann was a key player in this operation. He was not a military man but an educator. His school on the Zugerberg was built on a belief in the power of education to help build a world governed by peace. Capitulation was reached by May but the struggles of those months, and the political strife of the aftermath that silenced the story for decades, are lessons in how hard it is to end a war.
