Berlin, Zero Hour - a significant work by Fallada. An almost forgotten novel and a deeply moving testimony: No one has depicted the months of collapse in 1945/46 as vividly as the author of "Every Man Dies Alone." This book about the tumultuous time between war and peace, set in the Mecklenburg province and particularly in the city of Berlin, which was punished for its historical guilt, is a true Fallada in its human warmth and realistic portrayal. April 1945: The war is over, but at night, writer Dr. Doll is haunted by dreams of the bomb crater that won't let him go. He wants to do something against the nightmare of shared guilt, but as the mayor of a small town appointed by the Red Army, he can please no one. He sneaks away and escapes into a drug-induced haze. In the chaos of the bombed-out city, only on the sc.