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Aftermath : life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 / Harald Jähner ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0593319737
  • 9780593319734
Other title:
  • Life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
Uniform titles:
  • Wolfszeit. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 943.087/5 23
LOC classification:
  • DD257.2 .J3513 2022
Contents:
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 imorality -- The re-educators -- The Cold War of art and the design of democracy -- The sound of repression -- Afterward: Happiness.
Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.Translation of:: Jähner, Harald, 1953-, Wolfszeit, Berlin : Rowohlt, 2019
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DD257.2 .J3513 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001508901

"English translation originally published in the United Kingdom by WH Allen in 2021." -- Title page verso.

"This is a Borzoi Book." -- Title page verso.

Originally published in German language with the title "Wolfszeit" in 2019 by Rowohlt in Berlin. -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-370) and index.

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 imorality -- The re-educators -- The Cold War of art and the design of democracy -- The sound of repression -- Afterward: Happiness.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

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