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Informationen zum Autor Steven M. Schroeder is a faculty member in the History Department at the University of the Fraser Valley. Klappentext Germany’s transition from Nazism to peaceful, if at times reluctant, integration into the western and Soviet spheres during the decade immediately following the Second World War is one of the most remarkable events of the twentieth century. Shattered relations between Germans and their wartime enemies and victims had rendered prospects for peaceful relations between these groups unimaginable, or a dream belonging to the distant future. However, numerous grassroots initiatives found varying degrees of success in fostering reconciliation. Drawing on underutilized archival materials, To Forget It All and Begin Anew reveals a nuanced mosaic of like-minded people – from Germany and other countries, and from a wide variety of backgrounds and motives – who worked against considerable odds to make right the wrongs of the Nazi era. While acknowledging the enormous obstacles and challenges to reconciliatory work in postwar Germany, Steven M. Schroeder highlights the tangible and lasting achievements of this work, which marked the first steps toward new modes of peaceful engagement and cooperation in Germany and Europe. Zusammenfassung Drawing on underutilized archival materials! To Forget It All and Begin Anew reveals a nuanced mosaic of like-minded people who worked against considerable odds to make right the wrongs of the Nazi era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1 The German People and Allied Demands: Pressures and Initiatives toward Reconciliation, 1944-1946 2 German Church and Political Groups 3 Steps toward Christian-Jewish Reconciliation 4 Broadening of International Contacts and Reconciliation Work 5 The Politics of Reconciliation in the Two Germanies, 1949-1954 Conclusion Bibliography
