In 1949, just four years after the Holocaust, Germany's physical ruins masked an even deeper spiritual devastation - one marked by a striking absence of penitence and the persistence of antisemitism. Through firsthand observations and interviews conducted during a U.S. Department of Defense clergy mission, Rabbi Leon S. Lang documented disturbing evidence of failed denazification efforts, including the commercialization of mass grave sites at Dachau. His ethnographic research revealed widespread German rejection of culpability alongside the precarious state of surviving Jewish communities, who faced severe shortages of religious leadership and accelerating emigration to Israel. While restitution programs existed, their implementation proved restrictive and inadequate, with limited governmental support. The investigation concluded that Germany offered neither peace nor security for its remaining Jewish residents, warranting urgent international support for resettlement in Israel. Lang's findings pointed to a virtually non-existent spiritual reconstruction of German society, raising serious concerns about the prospects for Jewish-German reconciliation and the long-term implications for post-war healing.