Der hungerwinter: Family, famine, the black market, and denazification in allied-occupied Germany (1945 - 1949)
Journal: JMU Scholoraly Commons (James Madison University)
Year: 2018

This paper analyzes numerous letters written among several members of a German family living under the Allied occupation. The Lingenhoel family were one of a great many Germans enduring hunger, famine, and denazification in the immediate postwar period. Using the Lingenhoel family as the lens of analysis, this paper ultimately assesses the Allies' efforts to alleviate the widespread hunger and the Germans' responsibility of collaborating with the former Nazi government.