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The allied occupation of Germany : the refugee crisis, denazification and the path to reconstruction / Francis Graham-Dixon.
Van Pelt Library DD257.4 .G734 2013x
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham-Dixon, Francis, author.
- Series:
- International library of twentieth century history ; 70.
- International library of twentieth century history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.
- Reconstruction (1939-1951).
- Germany.
- Germany--History--1945-1955.
- History.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2013.
- Contents:
- 1 Occupation policy and German refugees: The case for revision 15
- Britain's 'moral leadership' 17
- Minorities and human rights 32
- 2 'Germanity and Humanity' 37
- 'The Trouble with Germans' 37
- 'Transfer of the German populations': a political expedient 42
- Victors' justice: the background to Hamburg 1943 and its aftermath 52
- Victors' justice: Nuremberg and its aftermath 67
- 3 Realities of the occupation 77
- A predisposition for control 77
- Economic constraints 97
- The British churches and voluntary organisations: political instruments 106
- 4 A region in crisis: Schleswig-Holstein 126
- Introduction 126
- Sudden transitions: 'Operation Swallow' and the official transports 135
- Holding operations: transit camps and refugee camps 139
- Populations in flux: unauthorised arrivals, evacuees, returning POWs 145
- Harsh realities: housing, public health, food, the black market 153
- Uneasy relations: indigenous population, refugees and the British 165
- 5 Crisis compounded: German reaction and the impact on policy 173
- Civilising the Germans? German responses to the British 175
- Low priorities: population redistribution and crisis, management 181
- A double bind: dismantling and refugee unemployment 195
- Divergent ambitions: expellee organisations and refugee identity 207
- 6 Occupation policy and the civilising mission: a compromising legacy 219
- 7 The Janus faces of occupation, 1949-55 233
- 'Is the war now over?' 236
- German war criminals 238
- Heligoland and sovereignty 246
- The straitjacket of dismantling 253
- Epilogue 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780764658
- 1780764650
- OCLC:
- 829961992
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