William L. Shirer Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William Lawrence Shirer (February 23, 1904 – December 28, 1993) was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian, who wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than 50 years. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, Shirer was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team of journalists, and he became known for his broadcasts from Berlin, from the rise of the Nazi dictatorship through the first year of World War II (1940). With Murrow, he organized the first broadcast world news roundup, a format still followed by news broadcasts.Shirer wrote more than a dozen books beside The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, including Berlin Diary (published in 1941); The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969), which drew on his experience living and working in France from 1925 to 1933; and a three-volume autobiography, Twentieth Century Journey (1976 to 1990). His brother was an analyst for the Securities and Exchange Commission and his niece, Jean Ingold, was an employee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Following college graduation, he paid for passage to Europe by working on a cattle boat.
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Was one of the first reporters to greet Charles Lindbergh when he landed in France following his solo flight across the Atlantic.
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Following the Blitzkrieg, Shirer was approached by one of his contacts in the Wehrmacht, a German general. The officer wanted to meet with his lover, a French woman, but she refused to see him as long as he was wearing the uniform of the German conquerors. The general asked Shirer to temporarily trade clothes with him, and Shirer did so.
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Took a year off work in 1933, living with his wife, Tess, in a Catalan fishing village on the Spanish coast.
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Lost all sight in his right eye due to a 1931 skiing accident.
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After the war, he was given unprecedented access to captured German documents, documents that he used to write the first comprehensive history of the Adolf Hitler years, "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.".
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Was CBS' pointman inside Nazi Germany during the period leading up to World War Two, and reported on a number of pivotal events within Europe, including a broadcast from the Compeigne Forest of the French surrender in June, 1940.
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Graduate of Coe College; Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1925
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Nightmare Years
1989
TV Mini-Series nonfiction book - 4 episodes
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968
TV Movie documentary book
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Road to War
1989
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - CBS Correspondant, Poland 1939
Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin
1972
TV Movie
Himself
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Magic Face
1951
Himself
Hitler Youth
1945
Video documentary short
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Secrets of the Dead
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself - Journalist
Known for movies
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) as Writer
The Magic Face (1951) as Himself
The Nightmare Years (1989) as Writer
Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin (1972) as Himself
$15 Million
