Living the German nightmare in Berlin

12th January 1943: As Hitler's occupation of Europe reaches its zenith, ordinary Germans have to face up to the reality of their situation

A flak position on top of the massive reinforced concrete bunker at Berlin zoo in 1942.

In Germany, there was a growing sense that the war was not turning out as the Nazis had promised. Whilst the extent of the Nazi occupation across Europe was at its height, there was growing uneasiness over the news from the Eastern Front and Stalingrad in particular.