War, flight, expulsion, East Prussia and West Germany - reconciliation through remembrance. "Aftermath" is another echo of German history. "Aftermath" is a novel composed of the remnants of a vanished world, discovered by a collector of voices, a chronicler of the past. From diary entries of two uncles who died at the end of the war, from letters, stories, travel notes, essayistic reflections, and intricate traces, the touching post-war autobiography of Klaus-Jürgen Liedtke is formed. In the afterlife of a disappeared village, which survives only as a rumor and in ruins and foundations, the downfall of the German East is vividly depicted in a detailed panorama. These are the traumas of survival - from the aftermath to the present day.