Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Parsifal at war: the troubled conscience -- The wages of sin: from Stalingrad to the end -- The murderers are among us: from guilt to amnesty -- Making (some) amends: reparation and atonement -- The house of democracy: liberal, within limits -- A new socialist people: the many moralities of the GDR -- Searching for Heimat, East and West -- War and peace: the dilemma of arms -- Strangers at home: the difficulties of difference -- United and divided: the cost of freedom -- In the wide world: Germany at its limits -- Money matters: thrifty, wealthy and unequal -- The circles of care: family, community and state -- Mother nature: loving and trashing -- Epilogue: what is Germany for? -- List of archives and abbreviations -- Notes -- Index.