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Out of the darkness : the Germans, 1942-2022 / Frank Trentmann.

by Trentmann, Frank, author.

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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.

Group identity -- Germany.

National characteristics, German.

Collective memory -- Germany.

Germany -- History -- 1945-

Germany (East) -- History.

9781524732912 (hardcover) :

1524732915 (hardcover)

xvii, 784 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

First United States edition.

Introduction -- Part one. The German war and its legacies, 1942-60s: 1. Parzival at war: the troubled conscience ; 2. The wages of sin: from Stalingrad to the end ; 3. The murderers are among us: from guilt to amnesty ; 4. Making (some) amends: reparation and atonement -- Part two. One nation, two states, 1949-89: 5. The house of democracy: liberal, within limits ; 6. A new socialist people: the many moralities of the GDR ; 7. Searching for Heimat: East and West ; 8. War and peace: the dilemma of arms ; 9. Strangers at home: the difficulties of difference -- Part three. After the wall, 1989-2022: 10. United and divided: the cost of freedom ; 11. In the wide world: Germany at its limits -- Part four. Trying to be good, 1950s to the present: 12. Money matters: thrifty, wealthy, and unequal ; 13. The circles of care: family, community, and state ; 14. Mother nature: loving and trashing -- Epilogue: What is Germany for?

"A gripping and nuanced history of the German people from the Second World War to the present day, including hugely revealing new primary source material on every aspect of its transformation"--

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