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“The unemployed, the soup kitchens, the grinding poverty, and the despair”—the worldwide...

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Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

Postwar Germany: Surviving and rebuilding after 1945

In the aftermath of World War II, many Europeans lacked adequate food, shelter, and...

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