This book outlines and illustrates the living conditions of German civilians in World War II, and the Nazi state's basic structure. German families suffered the

This volume presents the results of a conference on the history of total war.

The Germans toughened themselves for Nazism, but then suffered greatly in the bombed-out ruins of their cities.

This is a groundbreaking new study of an overlooked area of Second World War History.

“A tribute to human resilience under extreme stress, both in response to the terror from the sky and to the sacrifices the Nazis imposed on their people.” �