Contents -- List of figures -- 1 Introduction -- About the sources used -- 2 Scientists in Germany seen from the outside -- 3 Tensions with the Allies -- (a) Superficial admiration and opportunistic friendliness -- (b) Covert reserve and distrust -- (c) Stubborn resistance to Allied Control -- 4 Russian phobia -- 5 Sense of isolation and fragmentation -- 6 Bitterness about the "export of scientists" -- 7 Scapegoating the Aryan physics movement -- 8 Forgetting -- (a) Amnesia and unconscious repression -- (b) Concealment and dissimilation -- 9 Shame, listlessness, and lethargy -- 10 Self-justification and the guilt issue -- 11 Self-pity, sentimentality, and selfishness -- 12 "Propaganda-free day-to-day" and political apathy -- 13 New awareness of a scientist's responsibility -- 14 Workaholism: "If we want to live, we must rebuild" -- 15 Side-lining of emigrés and critics -- 16 Insensitivity in communicating with emigrés -- 17 Distrust and obduracy among emigrés -- 18 The mental aftermath -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Archival collections -- Bibliography -- Name index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z.