Aftermath : life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 /

"A revelatory history of the transformational decade after World War II when Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat, turned away from fascism, and reckoned with the corruption of its soul, and the horrors of the Holocaust"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jähner, Harald, 1953- (Author)
Other Authors: Whiteside, Shaun (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Zero hour?
  • In ruins
  • The great migration
  • Dancing frenzy
  • Love amidst the rubble
  • Robbing, rationing, black-market trading
  • lessons for the market economy
  • The economic miracle and the fear of immorality
  • The re-educators
  • The cold war of art and the design of democracy
  • Afterword: Happiness.