In the House of the Hangman: The Agonies of German Defeat, 1943-1949

by Jeffrey K. Olick

Book Overview

The central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. Political leaders and intellectuals on both sides of the conflict debated whether support for National Socialism tainted Germany's entire population and thus discredited the nation's history and culture. The tremendous challenge that Allied officials and German thinkers faced as the war closed, then,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226626385
• ISBN13: 9780226626383
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"