1945：野蛮的和平

剧情：TheSecondWorldWarwasthemostdestructiveconflictinhistory,layingwastenotonlytoEurope’speoplebutalsoit..展开

剧情：{if:""<>""}{else}TheSecondWorldWarwasthemostdestructiveconflictinhistory,layingwastenotonlytoEurope’speoplebutalsoitsinfrastructure,institutionsanditsmoralfoundations.Onlyatthewar’sendwasthetruescaleofhumansufferingandmiseryrevealed,andsodevastatingwasthescenethatEuropewasdubbed‘TheNewDarkContinent'.Butforciviliansinparticular,liberationoftenmarkednottheendoftheirtroublesbutthebeginningofnewones,withfamineanddiseasewidespreadandanatmospherethickwithethnictensionandrevenge.　　Thisfilmwillre-examinetheaftermathoftheWartoaskiftoomuchstresshasbeenlaidonanoptimisticviewofvictoryinEuropewithcelebratoryimagesofVEdayandnewsreelcoverageoftheliberationofplaceslikeParis.Whilenarrativesofhopeandreconciliationareimportant,areparallelstoriesshowingthedarkersideofpeaceyettoreceivedueprominence?Liberationwasbitter,bloodyandvengeful,andtherewereprofoundandpervasivefearsthatthepeacecouldbelost.Throughrarearchiveanduniquepersonaltestimony,thisfilmrevealsthe‘poisonedpeace’of1945tothrowlightonapost-warEuropewherecivilisationteeteredonthebrinkofchaos,butthestoryofthetransitionfromwartopeaceformsthehingeonwhichmodernEuropeanhistoryturns.{end if}收起