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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451891303321

Autore

Hiden John

Titolo

Neighbours or enemies? [[electronic resource] ] : Germans, the Baltic and beyond / / John Hiden and Martyn Housden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2008

ISBN

94-012-0546-9

1-4356-2308-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics, , 1570-7121 ; ; 12

Altri autori (Persone)

HousdenMartyn <1962->

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Germans - Baltic States - History

Electronic books.

Germany Foreign relations Baltic States

Baltic States Foreign relations Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-148) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The troubled nation -- Peaceful coexistence -- Living communities -- The new aristocracy -- Dying space -- Ordinary Germans? -- Refugee nation -- The end of nationalism? -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first attempt to redress the injustice done to the memory of German minorities by the popular equation of ‘Lebensraum’ and Nazism; minorities, many of whom chose to be neighbours rather than enemies and who over time peacefully shared with other nationalities the territorial space east of the Reich. Their borderland experiences, particularly in the Baltic region, the historic interface between East and West, are all the more relevant as Hitler’s regime recedes into the past and Europe seeks to renew itself in the wake of the Cold War.