Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP. He was extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include a critically acclaimed two-volume history of the siege of Leningrad. His most recent books are Into the Reich (2025) and Berlin: Endgame 1945 (2026). He now lives in France. Lottie Taylor­ studied history at St John’s College, Cambridge, from 2011 to 2014 and was awarded a double­ first class ­honours degree. Since leaving Cambridge, she has qualified as a cordon bleu chef and has worked in ­a number of­ fields. She is currently working in technology marketing. ­Lottie is Prit Buttar’s daughter and this will be her first published work.­

An excellent book… a beautifully presented and well researched account of an exceptional city at war.

• List of IllustrationsList of MapsDramatis Personae Introduction Chapter 1: The Rebirth of a NationChapter 2: LebensraumChapter 3: Fall WeissChapter 4: A New PartitionChapter 5: IntelligenzaktionChapter 6: Oppression and DefianceChapter 7: The Warsaw GhettoChapter 8: Endlösung and The Ghetto UprisingChapter 9: ResistanceChapter 10: BurzaChapter 11: TragedyChapter 12: The Devastated CityGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

Prit Buttar studied medicine at Oxford and London before joining the British Army as a doctor. After leaving the army, he worked as a GP. He was extensively involved in medical politics, both at local and national level. An established expert on the Eastern Front in 20th-century military history, his previous books include a critically acclaimed two-volume history of the siege of Leningrad. His most recent books are Into the Reich (2025) and Berlin: Endgame 1945 (2026). He now lives in France. Lottie Taylor­ studied history at St John’s College, Cambridge, from 2011 to 2014 and was awarded a double­ first class ­honours degree. Since leaving Cambridge, she has qualified as a cordon bleu chef and has worked in ­a number of­ fields. She is currently working in technology marketing. ­Lottie is Prit Buttar’s daughter and this will be her first published work.­

An excellent book… a beautifully presented and well researched account of an exceptional city at war.

• List of IllustrationsList of MapsDramatis Personae Introduction Chapter 1: The Rebirth of a NationChapter 2: LebensraumChapter 3: Fall WeissChapter 4: A New PartitionChapter 5: IntelligenzaktionChapter 6: Oppression and DefianceChapter 7: The Warsaw GhettoChapter 8: Endlösung and The Ghetto UprisingChapter 9: ResistanceChapter 10: BurzaChapter 11: TragedyChapter 12: The Devastated CityGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex