A powerful and absorbing study of the German home front from the outbreak of hostilities to the collapse of the Third Reich.

Introduction. 1. Hitler's state at war. 2. The economics of warfare: From Blitzkrieg to total war. 3. Daily life and daily worries. 4. Wartime Social Policy. 5. Women in wartime Germany. 6. Foreign workers and prisoners of war. 7. The Law. 8. The fate of the German jews in wartime. 9. The churches and the war. 10. Resistance. 11. The arts and entertainment in wartime Germany. 12. The Donitz Government. Conclusion. Bibliography. Map. Index.