This Horrible Uncertainty
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This Horrible Uncertainty

A German Woman Writes War, 1939-1948

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This Horrible Uncertainty

A German Woman Writes War, 1939-1948

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Through the diaries and personal papers of a German woman, Vera Conrad, this book documents her wartime experiences and deepens our understanding of the complex experiences of trauma and grief that National Socialist supporters experienced. Building on scholarship about mourning and widowhood that largely focuses on state policies and public discourses, This Horrible Uncertainty provides an interpretive framework of people's perceptions of events and their capacity to respond to them. Using a history of emotions approach, Erika Quinn establishes that keeping the diary allowed Conrad to develop different selves in response to her responsibilities, fear, and grief after her husband was declared missing in 1943.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2024
ISBN
9781805396444
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Historiography
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I
  6. Chapter 1 -- Women’s Diaries and War: Form, Purpose, and Emotions
  7. Chapter 2 — “We Loved Each Other So Much”: Building a Life Together
  8. Chapter 3 — “We Would Be So Happy If We Could Celebrate Christmas with Your Father”: War Comes to the Conrads
  9. Part II
  10. Chapter 4 — “From Now On This Book Will Not Be Just for Our Kids, but Rather First of All for You, Dearest!”: Becoming a Waiting Wife
  11. Chatper 5 — “Despite the War Conditions Everything at the Farm Keeps Going”: Stepping into New Responsibilities, 1944–1945
  12. Part III
  13. Chapter 6 — “We Were Spared by a Miracle”: Bombing Disrupts Rural Life, May 1944–January 1945
  14. Chapter 7 — “Sweetheart, I Don’t Want to Fall into Their Hands”: Defeat and Division, January 1945–June 1946
  15. Chapter 8 — Looking for Joachim: Waiting Wife, July 1945–May 1948
  16. Conclusion — Afterlives
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index