“After the Zero Hour – Learning from Post-war Experience for Syria? Heritage Conservation, Archaeology and Urban Planning as International Responsibility” is the proceedings of the symposium of the same name, which was held in Leipzig at denkmal 2016. The contributions in this book make available the European post-war experiences, especially from Central- and Eastern Europe, and evaluate the extent to which they can provide reference material for current tasks in urban planning and archaeological heritage management in the MENA region.