Burying the Enemy

""A hugely illuminating, scholarly and singular work on the nature of remembrance and heritage.""—Allan Mallinson, The Spectator “A hugely illuminating, scholarly and singular work on the nature of remembrance and heritage.”—Allan Mallinson, The Spectator “Grady's work challenges us to reconsider how societies choose to remember war, and highlights that how we commemorate events helps shape historical narratives.”—Tom Baker, Britain at War “Well-researched. . . Grady Writes passionately.”—Peter Howson, Methodist Recorder “A beautifully written reminder of the common need to grieve, bury and commemorate the dead of war.  Grady's carefully researched book tells the story of how German and British societies cared for the 'enemy dead' alongside their own after the destruction of the two World Wars.”—Lucy Noakes, author of War and the British “An important book on a compelling subject, which is vividly brought to life by Grady’s winning prose and wide-ranging research...Turns conventional wisdom about the Anglo-German antagonism on its head.”—Matthew Stibbe, author of Debates on the German Revolution Of 1918-19 “Illuminates an otherwise hidden history...Grady’s sensitive, moving study provides new insights into how ordinary people on the home fronts, long after the shooting has stopped, recover from the devastating effects of modern war.”—Jason Crouthamel, author of The Great War and German Memory “This is a remarkable book. It rests on impeccable scholarship but it reads effortlessly. More to the point, it is both intellectually shrewd and profoundly moving. What shines through is the compassion of ordinary people on both sides. Their everyday gestures of care provided a foundation for a movement of grassroots reconciliation that was then sadly erased by the deadweight hand of officialdom.”—Neil Gregor, author of Haunted City: Nuremberg and the Nazi Past