Woah, Synchronicity! I'm currently reading a book called "The German War" about WWII from the German perspective. It's mainly about what was experienced on the home front while the war went on, food rationing, propaganda and the like, but there's also references to popular movies, plays, music and the whole culture.
Rumors abounded, the general population was kept in the dark as much as possible, but still learned things the government didn't want them to know by listening to the BBC and to Russian radio stations.  All in all its a little dry, but still an interesting read.