{"product_id":"out-of-the-darkness","title":"Out of the Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today. In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be the moral voice of Europe, welcoming almost one million refugees.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the same time, it pursued a controversially rigid fiscal discipline and made energy deals with a dictator. Many people have asked how Germany descended into the darkness of the Nazis, but this book asks another vital question: how, and how far, have the Germans since reinvented themselves?Trentmann tells the dramatic story of the Germans from the middle of the Second World War, through the Cold War and the division into East and West, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunited nation's search for a place in the world. Their journey is marked by extraordinary moral struggles: guilt, shame and limited amends; wealth versus welfare; tolerance versus racism; compassion and complicity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough a range of voices - German soldiers and German Jews; environmentalists and coal miners; families and churches; volunteers, migrants and populists - Trentmann paints a remarkable and surprising portrait over 80 years of the conflicted people at the centre of Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Allen Lane\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 880\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 9780241303498\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: 0241303494\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frank Trentmann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952403607818,"sku":"","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9780241303498.jpg?v=1701615966","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/out-of-the-darkness","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}