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- After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation by Giles MacDonogh
After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation by Giles MacDonogh
After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation by Giles MacDonogh
When the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, the Allied powers converged on Germany and divided it into four zones of occupation. A nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs, was suddenly subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. Hundreds of thousands of women were raped; hundreds of thousands of Germans and German-speakers died in the course of brutal deportations from Eastern Europe. By the end of the year, Germany was literally starving to death. Over a million German prisoners of war died in captivity, where they were subjected to inadequate rations and often tortured. All told, an astounding 2.25 million German civilians died violent deaths in the period between the liberation of Vienna and the Berlin airlift.
A shocking account of a massive and brutal military occupation, After the Reich is a bold reframing of the history of World War II and its aftermath. Historian Giles MacDonogh has unearthed a record of brutality which has been largely ignored by historians or, worse, justified as legitimate retaliation for the horror of the Holocaust.
Drawing on a vast array of contemporary first-person accounts, MacDonogh has finally given a voice to tens of millions of civilians who, lucky to survive the war, found themselves struggling to survive a hellish peace.
Basic Books, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2007.
THIS IS A USED BOOK IN "VERY GOOD" CONDITION. THE DUSTWRAPPER IS ALSO IN "VERY GOOD" CONDITION WITH JUST A FEW EDGE ISSUES AND IS ENCLOSED IN A MYLAR COVER.