{"product_id":"aftermath-tpb-uk","title":"Harald Jahner: Aftermath: , 1945-1955 [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magisterial, fascinating, humane' \u003c\/b\u003ePHILIPPE SANDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary book ... breathtaking' \u003c\/b\u003eJACK FAIRWEATHER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'E\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003essential reading.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnyone with even the slightest interest in history and the human condition should read this book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003c\/b\u003eJULIA BOYD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany, 1945: a country in ruins. 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. How can a functioning society ever emerge from this chaos?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. 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 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath \u003c\/i\u003eis a nuanced panorama of a nation undergoing monumental change. 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. Featuring black and white photographs and posters from post-war Germany - some beautiful, some revelatory, some shocking - \u003ci\u003eAftermath \u003c\/i\u003eevokes an immersive portrait of a society corrupted, demoralised and freed - all at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jahner, Harald \u0026 Whiteside, Shaun","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44362799579426,"sku":"9780753557877","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47400111669587,"sku":"XG80753557877","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/jahner-harald-whiteside-shaun-harald-jahner-aftermath-1945-1955-2021-paperback-59452046737747.jpg?v=1728718688","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/aftermath-tpb-uk","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}