| Uniform title | Wolfszeit. English |
| Portion of title |
Life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 |
| 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 -- The sound of repression -- Afterword: Happiness. |
| Abstract |
"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 |
| Abstract |
The years 1945 to 1955 were a raw, wild decade that found many Germans politically, economically, and morally bankrupt. Victorious Allied forces occupied the four zones that make up present-day Germany. More than half the population was displaced; 10 million newly released forced laborers and several million prisoners of war returned to an uncertain existence. Cities lay in ruins: no mail, no trains, no traffic. Bodies were still being found beneath the rubble. Using major global political developments as a backdrop, Jähner weaves a series of life stories into a nuanced panorama of a nation undergoing monumental change. Poised between two eras, this decade is portrayed as a period that proved decisive for Germany's future-- and one starkly different from how most of us imagine it today. -- adapted from jacket |
| General note | "This is a Borzoi Book." |
| General note | Originally published in German language with the title "Wolfszeit" in 2019 by Rowohlt in Berlin. |
| General note | "English translation originally published in the United Kingdom by WH Allen in 2021." |
| General note | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index. |
| Translation of | Translation of: Jähner, Harald, 1953- Wolfszeit Berlin : Rowohlt, 2019 9783499633041 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Jähner, Harald, 1953- Aftermath First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 9780593319741 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021020610 |
| ISBN | 9780593319734 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0593319737 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| Standard identifier# |
40030895362 |
