The bitter taste of victory life, love, and art in the ruins of the Reich Feigel, Lara creator author. text bibliography nyu 2016 First U.S. edition. monographic eng print xi, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm The battle for Germany, 1944-45. "Setting out for a country that didn't really exist" : Crossing the Siegfried Line, November-December 1944 ; "Nazi Germany is doomed" : advance into Germany, January-April 1945 ; "We were blind and unbelieving and slow" : Victory, April-May 1945 -- Ruin and reconstruction, May-December 1945. "Complete chaos guaranteed" : cccupation, May-August 1945 ; "Berlin is boiling in sweltering summer heat" : Berlin, July-October 1945 ; "A pain that hurts too much" : German winter, September-December 1945 -- Judgement and hunger, 1945-46. "You'll hang them anyhow" : Nuremberg, November 1945-March 1946 ; "Let Germany live!" : fighting the peace, March-May 1946 ; "Let this trial never finish" : boredom, May-August 1946 ; "The law tries to keep up with life" : judgement, September-October 1946 -- Tension and revival, 1946-48. "Their suffering, and often their bravery, make one love them" : Cold War, October 1946-October 1947 ; "I've been the Devil's General on earth too long" : artistic enlightenment, November 1947-January 1948 ; "In Hell too there are these luxuriant gardens" : Germany in California, January-June 1948 -- Divided Germany, 1948-49. "If this is a war who is our enemy?" : The Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949 ; "Perhaps our deaths will shock you into attention" : division, May-October 1949 -- "Closing time in the gardens of the West." Lara Feigel. "First published in Great Britain 2016"--Title-page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-420) and index. e------ Reconstruction (1939-1951) Denazification Reconstruction (1939-1951) Europe Intellectual life 20th century Europe Social conditions 20th century Denazification Intellectual life Social conditions Europe 1900 - 1999 fast DD259.63 .F454 2016 940.554 9781632865519 1632865513 9781408845325 (hardback) 1408845326 (hardback) 9781408845332 (paperback) 1408845334 (paperback) 9781408845318 (ePUB) 9781632865533 YDXCP 150812 20160609125927.0 in00003786106 eng