Life After the Third Reich: The Struggle to Rise from the Nazi Ruins

In 1945, as the Third Reich collapsed and the Red Army captured Berlin, Adolf Hitler took his own life in his bunker. This is the story of Germany between 1945 and 1950: how a new state emerged from the ruins of the old regime, and how Germans struggled not only with the physical destruction of war but also with the crushing burden of guilt for what had been done under Hitler.

In everyday life, the country lay in ruins. Severe hardship became the norm. Hungry workers rebuilt their cities brick by brick, while black markets flourished in every town.

Politically, Germany was divided among four powers: the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France. A people who had once prided themselves on belonging to a “master race” now lived under the rule of the victors.

About the author

Paul Roland has written more than thirty books, including Investigating the Unexplained, Crime Scenes, In the Minds of Murderers, The Crimes of Jack the Ripper, The Nazis and the Occult, Nazi Women and Hauntings. For over twenty-five years he worked as a freelance writer and reviewer for British publications including the Sunday Mail, Kerrang! and Total Film.

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