Germany after the first world war
The book explains the events of the final days of the war. The brutality of the Nazis on their own people and how it brought about a more submissive Germany. It talks about how the Germans saw themselves as traumatized victims of the Nazis who were preoccupied with their own suffering to concern themselves with the sorrows of others. Due to that, they were able to break with their past, their responsibility and deny any involvement in the Nazi party or supporting Hitler and his idea of creating a new Germany.
1945 was the most pivotal year in Germany's modern history. As World War II drew to a devastating and violent close, the German people were confronted simultaneously with making sense of the horrors just passed and finding the strength and hope to move forward and rebuild.
The last months of the war were its bloodiest, as the Allied assault on Nazi Germany reached its tipping point. In January alone, as many as one million people died violent deaths. The book talks about the terrible suffering in the last few months of the war and of the destroyed cities, the acts of vengeance inflicted on the Germans by the conquering Soviets, French, and Americans. Not only by the Allies but as well as the extreme brutality of the Nazi regime against its own people. In spite of this horrific violence, by the end of 1945 people were beginning to put their lives back together and create the foundations of a postwar social, economic, and political culture. Germany in 1945 was part of groundbreaking history that explores the devastation and unbelievable rebirth of Germany at the end of World War II. The book tells what is perhaps the most important transition of modern civilization. from the worst outburst of violence in human history to a period of relative peace, prosperity, and civilized behavior. This book is ultimately a success story, as well as a story of life after death.
