Although there was violence leading up to the Nazi surrender and the Soviet occupation of Berlin, a sense of almost calm and a restoration of relative peace, according to Moorhouse, seemed to install itself over the city. This is an intereting point I wish he made in more than just the epiloge because of the lawlessness across the entirety of Europe directly proceeding the war. If the whole continent experienced chaos, it would stand to reason that Berlin would as well. At the same time, I’m sure many citizens would have been relieved when the food supply under Soviet control increased.
Branching off of this I wonder how this sense of ‘hope’ Moorhouse describes Berliners as having changed as the city was divided east and west between the Soviet Union and the US… This book was informative while forming further questions.