Between national socialism and Soviet communism : displaced persons in postwar Germany / Anna Holian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holian, Anna Marta.

Series:

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945.

Refugees--Germany--History--20th century.

Refugees.

Refugees--Political activity--Germany--History--20th century.

Polish people--Germany--History--20th century.

Polish people.

Ukrainians--Germany--History--20th century.

Ukrainians.

Russians--Germany--History--20th century.

Russians.

Jews--Germany--History--20th century.

Jews.

History.

Refugees--Political activity.

Germany.

Physical Description:

vii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]

Summary:

Also of Interest

Dueling Students: Conflict, Masculinity, and Politics in German Universities, 1890-1914, by Lisa Fetheringill Zwicker

German Literature on the Middle East: Discourses and Practices, 1000-1989 by Nina Berman

Franz Radziwill and the Contradictions of German Art History, 1919-45, by James A. van Dyke

The Golem Returns: From German Romantic Literature to Global Jewish Culture, 1808-2008, by Cathy S. Gelbin Book jacket.

Contents:

The invention of the displaced person

Displaced persons and the question of persecution

The repatriation debate and the anticommunist "political explanation"

Between federalists and separatists : the anticommunist movement(s)

Jewish survivors and the reckoning with the Nazi past

Displaced Jews and the German question

Political prisoners and the legacy of national socialism

Recognition, assistance, Wiedergutmachung : the claims of displaced politicals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780472117802

0472117807

9780472027675

0472027670

OCLC:

687681143