Aftermath: life in the fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955

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.