Aftermath evokes an immersive portrait of a society corrupted, demoralised and freed - all at the same time. 1945 to 1955 was a raw, wild decade poised between two eras that proved decisive for Germany's future - and one starkly different to how most of us imagine it today. It is a sensitive, emotive look at how the country attempted to rebuild and renew. New book ‘The Aftermath’ examines the political influence and legacy of the baby boomers 6:20 PM EDT By Geoff Bennett By Cybele Mayes-Osterman Leave your feedback Transcript. This nonfiction book examines German society and reconstruction following WW2 when the country was left in ruins, shocked and divided. Weve been reading in our papers over the last few days and weeks what it means. Aftermath by Harald Jähner is a fascinating and detailed exploration of post war Germany. The philosopher Hannah Arendt returns to the country she fled to find a population gripped by a manic loquaciousness, but faces a deafening wall of silence at the mention of the Holocaust.Īftermath is a nuanced panorama of a nation undergoing monumental change. Its a spectacularly important book because it raises universal themes. The Americans send Hans Habe, an Austro-Hungarian Jewish journalist and US army soldier, to the frontline of psychological warfare - tasked with establishing a newspaper empire capable of remoulding the minds of the Germans. THE AFTERMATH is a sweeping assessment of how the baby boom. Philip Bump, a reporter as adept with a graph as with a paragraph, is popular for his ability to distill vast amounts of data into accessible stories. In bombed-out Berlin, Ruth Andreas-Friedrich, journalist and member of the Nazi resistance, warms herself by a makeshift stove and records in her diary how a frenzy of expectation and industriousness grips the city. A widely-read Washington Post columnist takes a deep dive into what the end of the baby boom means for American politics and economics. How can a functioning society ever emerge from this chaos? In his engrossing first book, Jähner, the former editor of the Berlin Times, examines how and why Germany was capable of radically transforming from a sinister fascist mindset toward a modern democratic state. Cities have been reduced to rubble and more than half of the population are where they do not belong or do not want to be. AFTERMATH LIFE IN THE FALLOUT OF THE THIRD REICH, 1945-1955. Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2021.
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