Part I. Remembering the war: private fragments of memory, 1945-1949 -- Linguistic realms of war -- Troubled homecoming -- Social rubble -- Part II. The production of psychiatric knowledge: professional transformations, 1945-1970 -- "Prevailing doctrine" -- Contentious practices -- The moral challenge, 1956-1970 -- Part III. Mental suffering and its changing acknowledgment in West German media: public negotiations, 1945-1970 -- Repatriated Wehrmacht veterans in the public eye -- The reappearance of the persecuted and the rules governing what could be said in public memory culture -- Conclusion.