The betrayed people form a close unity especially with the Return of the Front Troops, and in it DÖblin shows a Berlin where some inhabitants live in miserable conditions, while others know how to take advantage of the opportunities that war offers to unscrupulous merchants , to the big and small scammers, and also to the political opportunists. These are small personal stories that form a splendid mosaic in which, in perspective, we can also see the confrontations that are taking place as a result of the negotiation of the Treaty of Versailles, which will soon completely change the situation throughout Europe.