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Although the war officially ended in May 1945, it took a decade for Europe to get back on its feet. The war left thirty million dead, disrupted economies and institutions - police, media, transport, local and national governments - crime spiralled out of control and people faced pervasive hunger. Through a varied selection of specific locales, Lowe paints a picture of the chaos of the first postwar year, a year of vengeance against enemies and collaborators, a resurgence of anti-Semitism that paradoxically led to the liberation of concentration camp inmates, and another monstrous ethnic cleansing that deprived tens of millions of homes. Drawing on primary sources across the continent, this successful book aspires to be the essential handbook on the history of post-war Europe and its re-consolidation.

Czech edition