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After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
After the Reich The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
Author: Giles MacDonogh
When Hitler’s government collapsed in 1945, Germany was immediately subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. General Eisenhower denied the Germans access to foreign aid, forcing Germans to subsist on about 1,200 calories a day. Over a million German POWs died in Allied captivity, as many as 2 million women were raped by Soviet o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465003389
ISBN-10: 0465003389
Publication Date: 2/23/2009
Pages: 656
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Basic Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A sometimes unbelievable exposure of atrocities suffered by German-speaking peoples at the end of World War II. Two to three million Germans perished by casual violence (often on a par with SS and Gestapo atrocities), from cold and hunger. Some of the victims were even those who fought the Nazis from within Germany, often ending up in German concentration camps themselves.

No nation, not even the United States, can claim innocence for these deaths.
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