About the book: 2013 / Until 1990, the authorities were silent about the greatest indemnity in the history of mankind, taken in Germany in 1945-1947. Special organizations took everything - passenger liners, machine tools, cars, steam locomotives, rails and even telescopes from observatories. Was this robbery or legal indemnity? How did the Western allies behave in their sectors of occupation? What role did captured property play in the restoration of war-torn regions, carried out in record time? Did it help us create a nuclear missile shield? And in general, what role did German trophies play in the personal lives of our grandparents? This and much more is described in Alexander Shirokorad’s monograph “The Great Indemnity”».