TheSecondWorldWarwasthemostdestructiveconflictinhistory,layingwastenotonlytoEurope’speoplebutalsoitsinfrastructure,institutionsanditsmoralfoundations.Onlyatthewar’sendwasthetruescaleofhumansufferingandmiseryrevealed,andsodevastatingwasthescenethatEuropewasdubbed‘TheNewDarkContinent'.Butforciviliansinparticular,liberationoftenmarkednottheendoftheirtroublesbutthebeginningofnewones,withfamineanddiseasewidespreadandanatmospherethickwithethnictensionandrevengeccc Thisfilmwillre-examinetheaftermathoftheWartoaskiftoomuchstresshasbeenlaidonanoptimisticviewofvictoryinEuropewithcelebratoryimagesofVEdayandnewsreelcoverageoftheliberationofplaceslikeParis.Whilenarrativesofhopeandreconciliationareimportant,areparallelstoriesshowingthedarkersideofpeaceyettoreceivedueprominence?Liberationwasbitter,bloodyandvengeful,andtherewereprofoundandpervasivefearsthatthepeacecouldbelost.Throughrarearchiveanduniquepersonaltestimony,thisfilmrevealsthe‘poisonedpeace’of1945tothrowlightonapost-warEuropewherecivilisationteeteredonthebrinkofchaos,butthestoryofthetransitionfromwartopeaceformsthehingeonwhichmodernEuropeanhistoryturns.
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