Germany after World War II

Hunger and cold, rubble women, denazification - here you will find information on how you can use the German Digital Library and its sub-portals German Newspaper Portal and Archive Portal-D as a research source on the post-war period. We explain which sources are available in the German Newspaper Portal and how you can search for events or places. You will also learn how to find information from the period from 1945 to 1949 in archives. In picture galleries, virtual exhibitions and articles, you can learn more about the Berlin Airlift, the ‘Monuments Men’ and film productions after 1945.

The dossier is also teaching material for the WDR app ‘Zeitzeugen 1945 - Trümmerjahre in Augmented Reality’: https://www.planet-schule.de/schwerpunkt/app-zeitzeugen-1945/index.html