German deportees waiting for a train in 1945.
Having seen how devastated Hamburg was after the war I originally wanted to write a book about Germany, but the more I looked at other parts of postwar Europe the more I realized that the same destruction – not only physical destruction but also human and moral destruction – existed pretty much everywhere. Keith Lowe: That was the seed out of which it grew. Robin Lindley: What sparked your book on the world of post-Second World War Europe? Did it grow out of your work on the devastating bombing of Hamburg?
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Lowe generously responded to a series of questions by email from the United Kingdom.
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His other books include the acclaimed history Inferno on the firebombing of Hamburg by the British and American air forces in 1943, and two novels, Tunnel Vision and New Free Chocolate Sex. Keith Lowe is a British author and historian. Readers have praised Savage Continent for it’s sweeping scope, exhaustive research, and lively writing. Renowned historian of the war, Ian Kershaw, commented: “Keith Lowe’s excellent book paints a little-known and frightening picture of a continent in the embrace of lawlessness, chaos, and unconstrained violence.” And author James Holland wrote that “It is also a timely book that deserves to be read by anyone who wishes to understand the complex nature of Europe and the deep trauma suffered not only during the Second World War but also in its chaotic aftermath.” Lowe recounts the civil wars, ethnic cleansing, terrorism, reprisals, and human indifference that left hundreds of thousands more dead after the war, until an imperfect stability gradually took hold in Europe by the 1950s. Lowe writes, the bloody conflicts were a continuation of the war that had left 30 million dead and destroyed the infrastructure of most of the warring nations, including political institutions, law enforcement, transportation, media and social services.īased on meticulous research, including many documents finally translated into English, Mr. His careful study of the postwar years in Europe reveals widespread anarchy, famine, crime, pestilence and violent conflict, with millions of uprooted people wandering the ruined lands. On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered to the Allies and the Second World War in Europe ended officially. But in reality, the war continued in various guises for several years.īritish author and historian Keith Lowe details the cruel aftermath of the war in his acclaimed book Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II (St.
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