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This Is An Archive-based Study Examining How The Four Allies - Britain, France, The United States And The Soviet Union - Prepared For And Conducted Their Occupation Of Germany After Its Defeat In 1945. It Uses The Case Of Public Health To Shed Light On The Complexities Of The Immediate Post-war Period. Introduction -- Part I: Allies And Germans. A Hard Peace? Allied Preparations For The Occupation Of Germany, 1943-1945; 'can We Distinguish The Sheep From The Wolves?': Émigrés, Allies, And The Reconstruction Of Germany; 'now, Back To Our Virchow': German Medical And Political Traditions In Post-war Berlin -- Part Ii: Compromises And Confrontations, 1945-1949. Introduction; Public Health Work In The British Occupation Zone; Public Health Work In The American Occupation Zone; Public Health Work In The Soviet Occupation Zone; The Forgotten Zone: Public Health Work In The French Occupation Zone -- Some Conclusions. Jessica Reinisch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English.