Though this could be called a book about the war, the photos are from 1944 to 1949 and show the extraordinary Allied destruction of Germany and its effect on the population. The four chapters: Liberation; Occupation; Reconstruction; Life in peace, reveal Vacarro's excellent photos of the post-war years, mostly in the American zone of the country.
The photos show the everyday life of Germans struggling to make do in their ruined towns and cities. Vacarro took a lot of photographs of children, he says in the text that boys especially had a hard with so many of them now orphans, girls fared better because they stayed at home with a mother. I thought the last chapter Life in peace had an interesting selection of photos from 1947 to 1949. Children are playing outdoors, fruit and vegetables are available, outdoor swimming pools are open and nightlife in cities is returning. Slowly the country is sorting itself out, at least the western part is, thanks to the Allied powers.
Vacarro's photos in Entering Germany do a remarkable job of revealing life in a war-torn country.
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