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The lost German East : forced migration and the politics of memory, 1945-1970 / / Andrew Demshuk



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Autore: Demshuk Andrew <1980-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The lost German East : forced migration and the politics of memory, 1945-1970 / / Andrew Demshuk Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 304.809438/509045
Soggetto topico: Germans - Europe, Eastern - History - 20th century
Silesians - Germany (West) - History
Silesians - Ethnic identity
Nationalism - Silesia
World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees
Population transfers - Germans
Refugees - Germany (West) - History
Refugees - Silesia - History
Soggetto geografico: Germany (West) Emigration and immigration History
Classificazione: HIS010000
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: From colonization to expulsion: a history of the Germans in Silesia -- The quest for the borders of 1937: expellee leaders and the 'right to the homeland' -- Homesick in the Heimat: Germans in postwar Silesia and the desire for expulsion -- Residing in memory: private confrontation with loss -- Heimat gatherings: re-creating the lost East in West Germany -- Travel to the land of memory: homesick tourists in Polish Silesia -- 1970 and the expellee contribution to Ostpolitik -- Epilogue: The forgotten East.
Sommario/riassunto: 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, Silesia was a leading objective for territorial revisionists, many of whom were themselves expellees. The Lost German East examines how and why millions of Silesian expellees came to terms with the loss of their homeland. Applying theories of memory and nostalgia, as well as recent studies on ethnic cleansing, Andrew Demshuk shows how, over time, most expellees came to recognize that the idealized world they mourned no longer existed. Revising the traditional view that most of those expelled sought a restoration of prewar borders so they could return to the east, Demshuk offers a new answer to the question of why, after decades of violent upheaval, peace and stability took root in West Germany during the tense early years of the Cold War.
Titolo autorizzato: The lost German East  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-139-36636-X
1-107-23138-8
1-280-87802-9
1-139-37895-3
9786613719331
1-139-10730-5
1-139-37609-8
1-139-38038-9
1-139-37210-6
1-139-37752-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790342003321
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