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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464401703321

Autore

Greiner Bettina

Titolo

Suppressed terror : history and perception of Soviet special camps in Germany / / Bettina Greiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-7744-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 p.)

Collana

Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series

Disciplina

365/.450943109044

Soggetti

Political persecution - Germany - History - 20th century

Political persecution - Germany (East) - History

Political violence - Germany (East) - History

Internment camps - Germany (East) - History

Detention of persons - Germany (East) - History

State-sponsored terrorism - Germany (East) - History

State-sponsored terrorism - Soviet Union - History

World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Soviet

Collective memory - Germany

Electronic books.

Germany (East) Politics and government

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; INTRODUCTION; DETENTION MEASURES; DETENTION EXPERIENCES; DETENTION MEMORIES; THE SPECIAL CAMPS AND THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY; ABBREVIATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES; SUBJECT INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

After World War II, 154,000 Germans were arrested by the Soviet secret police and held incommunicado in so-called special camps in the Soviet occupation zone. One third of the inmates did not survive captivity. Based on Russian and German sources, Displaced Terror: History and Perception of Soviet Special Camps in Germany offers a multi-layered account of this chapter of Stalinist persecution and mass violence,



which has largely been suppressed to this day. The reasons for this gap in German memory culture are also addressed.<b