Local Lives, Parallel Histories: Villagers and Everyday Life in Divided Germany

by Marcel Thomas

The division of Germany separated a nation, divided communities, and inevitably shaped the life histories of those growing up in the socialist dictatorship of the East and the liberal democracy of the West. This peculiarly German experience of the Cold War is usually viewed through the lens of divided Berlin or other border communities. What has been much less explored, however, is what division meant to the millions of Germans in the East and West...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198856148
• ISBN13: 9780198856146
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"