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After the Reich : the brutal history of the Allied occupation / Giles MacDonogh

By: Language: eng Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2009Description: 618 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780465003389
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 943.0874
LOC classification:
  • 302 DD 257  M136a 2009
Contents:
Chaos -- Allied zones -- Crime and punishment -- The road to freedom.
Summary: When Hitler's government collapsed in 1945, Germany was immediately divided up under the control of the Allied Powers and the Soviets. A nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs, was suddenly subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. According to recent estimates, as many as two million German women were raped by Soviet occupiers. General Eisenhower denied the Germans access to any foreign aid, meaning that German civilians were forced to subsist on about 1,200 calories a day. (American officials privately acknowledged at the time that the death rate among.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 302 DD 257 M136a 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000126887

Chaos --
Allied zones --
Crime and punishment --
The road to freedom.

When Hitler's government collapsed in 1945, Germany was immediately divided up under the control of the Allied Powers and the Soviets. A nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs, was suddenly subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. According to recent estimates, as many as two million German women were raped by Soviet occupiers. General Eisenhower denied the Germans access to any foreign aid, meaning that German civilians were forced to subsist on about 1,200 calories a day. (American officials privately acknowledged at the time that the death rate among.

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