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Inside Germany’s postwar prisons

Sarah Colvin shares stories of prisoners who were incarcerated in West and East Germany in the turbulent years following the Second War

Published: December 13, 2022 at 11:21 AM

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In the wake of the Second World War, Germany was a country on the brink of collapse. Despite the war’s end, the years to follow were turbulent, as Germans lived through the division of East and West, all while reckoning with their recent past. In her new book Shadowland: The Story of Germany Told by Its Prisoners, Sarah Colvin shares stories of the prisoners incarcerated in West and East Germany in the years between the Second War and reunification, revealing their different treatment on either side of the Iron Curtain.

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Sarah Colvin is the author of Shadowland: The Story of Germany Told by Its Prisoners (Reaktion Books, 2022)

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Elinor EvansHead of digital (web and video)

Elinor Evans is head of digital (web and video)

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