Conditions of Surrender

Ulrike Jordan researched and edited Conditions of Surrender at the German Historical Institute in London and teaches at the University of Sussex.

• Acknowledgements – viiPreface Peter Wende – ixIntroduction Ulrike Jordan – 1Part I1. British Post-War Planning for Germany: Haunted by the Past Lother Ketternacker – 132. The German ‘National Character’ in British Perspective Anthony J. Nicholls – 263. ‘A Mixture of Stubborn Resistance ad Sudden Surrender’: The British Media Report on the End of the War in Europe Ulrike Jordan – 404. Towards Occupation: First Encounters in North Germany Kurt Jürgensen – 53Part II5. Fifty Years On: Accounts by Eyewitnesses – 69 6. Extracts from Contemporary Correspondence and Diaries – 87 7. Contemporary Documents and Broadcast – 1148. Statistics – 148Select Bibliography – 152Notes on Contributors – 159Index – 161