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This collection of essays offers a novel approach to the cultural and social history of Europe after the Second World War. In a shift of perspective, it does not conceive of the impressive economic and political stability of the postwar era as a quasi-natural return to previous patterns of societal development but approaches it as an attempt to establish 'normality' upon the lingering memories of experiencing violence on a hitherto unprecedented scale. It views the relationship of the violence of the 1940s to the apparent 'normality' and stability of the 1950s as a key to understanding the history of post-war Europe. While the history of post-war Germany naturally looms large in this collection, the essays deal with countries across Western and Central Europe, offer comparative perspectives on their subjects, and draw upon a wide range of primary and secondary source material.

History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- Social change --- Social conflict --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- Reconstruction (1939-1951) --- Changement social --- Conflits sociaux --- Holocauste, 1939-1945 --- Reconstruction, 1939-1951 --- History --- Psychological aspects. --- Histoire --- Aspect psychologique --- Europe --- Germany --- Allemagne --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Reconstruction (1939-1951 --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Postwar reconstruction --- Prison psychology --- Class conflict --- Class struggle --- Conflict, Social --- Social tensions --- Interpersonal conflict --- Social psychology --- Sociology --- Psychological aspects --- Reconstruction --- Germany (West) --- Ethnic relations. --- Arts and Humanities