Europeans in 1948 shared horror and hope beyond national parallels

Evidence

Nor was it clear that the parallels between the French situation of 1943 and the German situation of 1948 went much beyond a feeling shared by much of the rest of the world at this time too: horror at the recent past, and apprehension (mingled with hope) about the future. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 651

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Intellectual excitement about revolution coexisted with genuine fear in 1947 France — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 789; Postwar ruin and atrocity discredited belief in fixed human nature — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 40

Broader Connections

• Intellectual excitement about revolution coexisted with genuine fear in 1947 France #responds-to (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 789
• Postwar ruin and atrocity discredited belief in fixed human nature #corroborates (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 40