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Four Germanys : a chronicle of the Schorcht family / Donald S. Pitkin ; foreword by John C. Torpey.
Van Pelt Library DD801.T48 P58 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitkin, Donald S. (Donald Stevenson), 1922-2012, author.
- Series:
- Politics, history, and social change
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schorcht, Edwin, 1890-1976--Family.
- Schorcht, Edwin.
- Schorcht, Edwin, 1890-1976.
- Farmers.
- Families.
- Thuringia (Germany)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Thuringia (Germany).
- Thuringia (Germany)--Social conditions--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Germany--Thuringia.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Farmers--Germany--Thuringia--Biography.
- Thuringia (Germany)--Biography.
- Germany--Thuringia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Edwin and Elly
- The lay of the land
- Farming
- The farmstead
- Edgar and Irmgard
- National Socialism
- Edgar at war
- American occupation, Russian occupation
- Land reform, 1945-49
- Irngard defects to the west
- Collectivization of the land, LPG 1
- Edgar becomes mayor
- The mayoralty of Edgar Schorcht, 1965-87
- From stables to apartments
- Erhard and Heidrun Schorcht
- The university
- Heidrun in America
- Heidrun, the metamorphosis of a Cold War kid
- Maria Schorcht.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Pitkin, Donald S. (Donald Stevenson), 1922-2012, author. Four Germanys
- ISBN:
- 9781439913420
- 1439913420
- 9781439913437
- 1439913439
- OCLC:
- 938386374
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