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The lost German East forced migration and the politics of memory, 1945-1970

By Andrew , Demshuk

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Univ. Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781107020733, 1107020735
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4322001 bytes)
Edition
Repr
Pages
XXII, 302 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten\325
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1939-1945--Refugees;History;Germans -- EuropeEastern -- HistoEastern--History--20th century;Germany (West)--EmiGeschichte 1945-1970;Emigration and immigration;Ge

Description

A fifth of West Germany's post-1945 population consisted of ethnic German refugees expelled from Eastern Europe, a quarter of whom came from Silesia. As the richest territory lost inside Germany's interwar borders ... 1. From colonization to expulsion: a history of the Germans in Silesia 2. The quest for the borders of 1937: expellee leaders and the 'right to the homeland' 3. Homesick in the Heimat: Germans in postwar Silesia and the desire for expulsion 4. Residing in memory: private confrontation with loss 5. Heimat gatherings: recreating the lost East in West Germany 6. Travel to the land of memory: homesick tourists in Polish Silesia 7. 1970 and the expellee contribution to Ostpolitik Epilogue: 8. The forgotten East.

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