Meanings

1. 1

   postwar period (time following some war)

2. 2

   historicalthe period after World War II, per se until this day, but particularly the years 1945-50, characterized in Germany (and some other parts of Europe) by widespread famine, or the years 1945-90, characterized by the division of Germany

3. 3

   post-war period

   „Je länger der Berliner Mauerfall zurückliegt, desto deutlicher wird, dass die Nachkriegszeit in Deutschland erst 1989 zu Ende gegangen ist.“

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