Postwar Germany and medieval CSI
Lara Feigel explains how the Allies used culture to try to rebuild Germany after 1945, while Elizabeth New talks about a new project that uses modern forensics to analyse documents from the Middle Ages

Dr Lara Feigel talks to us about her new book, The Bitter Taste of Victory: In the Ruins of the Reich, which shows how the Allies used culture to try to rebuild Germany after 1945. Meanwhile, we are joined by historian Elizabeth New to discuss a project that uses modern forensic techniques to analyse medieval seals.