Beschreibung:
"Atina Grossmann has written a beautiful book, methodologically sophisticated and rich in its detailed reconstruction of everyday life. It opens a grand view on the fascinating and critical period of the years immediately following the end of World War II in Europe."--Jan T. Gross, author of Neighbors
List of Illustrations ix Preface: Where Is Feldafing? xiii Abbreviations xvii INTRODUCTION: Entangled Histories and Close Encounters 1 CHAPTER ONE: "Poor Germany": Berlin and the Occupation 15 CHAPTER TWO: Gendered Defeat: Rape, Motherhood, and Fraternization 48 CHAPTER THREE: "The survivors were few and the dead were many": Jews in Occupied Berlin 88 CHAPTER FOUR: The Saved and Saving Remnant: Jewish Displaced Persons in the American Zone 131 CHAPTER FIVE: Mir Zaynen Do: Sex, Work, and the DP Baby Boom 184 CHAPTER SIX: Conclusion: The "Interregnum" Ends 237 Abbreviations in Notes 269 Notes 271 Select Bibliography 359 Acknowledgments 369 Index 373