The Perils of Peace: The Public Health Crisis in Occupied Germany

What is it about?

This is the first thorough, archive-based comparison of all four occupation zones and regimes in Germany at the end of the Second World War. It compares the different occupiers' (the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union) approaches to the problem of Germany, the war and the possibilities for reconstruction.

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Why is it important?

The study uses the public health problem as a powerful lens to reflect on the post-war period. It includes many diaries, letters, and other experiential accounts to bring the post-war period to life