Part 2: The Two Reconstructions

Memory Wars by Kyle Lerfald

Jun 9, 202244:12Society & Culture

We start with three generations of German women, and go back in time from there. Through defeat, occupation, and rebuilding. How did two reconstructions, in two different countries, turn out so differently?

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