Review of Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harald Jähner

The cultural evolution of post-war Germany with little on politics or policy

If you want solid descriptive journalism on the crucial period of Germany’s transition from fascism to democratic capitalism in the west and to socialism in the east, this is a pretty good treatment. Rather than another straight political history, Jähner covers social questions, how life felt and appeared, and very generally how German institutions func…