Chronicle of the Third Reich

The story takes place in Germany in the 1940s. The war has been going on for many years, and the entire society is enveloped in an atmosphere of tension and depression. But unlike many similar themes, this work does not focus on the cruelty of the battlefield, the darkness of the concentration camp, or the dangers of political struggle. Instead, it focuses on the daily life of ordinary people in the rear: trivial family conversations, occasional relatives, quiet afternoons, a casually flipped book, a cigarette, and a period of alone time without interruption. The protagonist Erwin is a young military doctor who comes from a relatively well-off family. In the eyes of outsiders, he is calm, well-behaved, and taciturn. He is an ordinary young officer. He has no earth-shattering ideals, does not participate in power disputes, and even maintains a slight alienation from the family's expectations and arrangements. He only hopes to maintain a stable life in a chaotic era.