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Forgotten voices : the expulsion of the Germans from Eastern Europe after World War II / Ulrich Merten.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merten, Ulrich, 1930-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Europe, Eastern.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation.
- Refoulement.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe, Eastern.
- Population transfers--Germans.
- Population transfers.
- Germans--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
- Germans.
- Eastern Europe.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2012]
- Summary:
- Many civilian German refugees were killed by the central and eastern European military in ethnic cleansing campaigns immediately after WWII. Ulrich, now vice president of an NGO working in Cuba, was a young child when he fled Germany with his parents during the early years of the Nazi regime; as an adult, his travels in his career took him to Europe, where he witnessed the plight of ethnic German refugees. In this book, he draws on official reports of the period and interviews with eye witnesses to describe the expulsion of the ethnic German population from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Romania, and efforts at integration and reconciliation. The author takes care to provide historical context for American readers to understand the history of German settlements in the various eastern European countries, and the official justifications for expulsion put forth by the eastern European governments. B&w historical photos and contemporary maps are included. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Background
- The flight and expulsion of the German population from east of the Oder-Neisse line (Poland)
- The expulsion of the ethnic German population from the former Czechoslovakia
- The expulsion of the ethnic German population from Hungary
- The flight, incarceration, and expulsion of the ethnic Germans from the former republic of Yugoslavia
- The fate of the ethnic German minority in Romania
- Conclusion: integration and reconciliation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781412843027
- 1412843022
- OCLC:
- 743432334
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