Postwar Germany
Following the end of World War II in May of 1945, Germany was left in a perilous position, and the Allied powers had to step in and try and avoid the problems they created in the peace negotiations following World War I that had been disasterous. This was all sorted at the Potsdam Conference, and while the problem was handled better and a future world war was prevented, it would still have a massive impact on German art and culture.