AFTERMATH: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955

The first history of German's national mentality in the immediate postwar years. Using major global political developments as a backdrop, Jahner weaves a series of life stories into a nuanced panorama of a nation undergoing monumental change. A period that proved decisive for German's future--and one starkly different from how most of us imagine it today. Illus.