Europe on trial : the story of collaboration, resistance, and retribution during World War II / István Deák, Columbia University ; foreword by Norman Naimark, Stanford University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deák, István, 1926-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Europe.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Europe.

World War, 1939-1945--Reparations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deak, a foremost expert on late 20th Century Europe, describes the often inter-related phenomena of resistance, collaboration, retribution and accommodation in World War II Europe.

Contents:

Contents ; Foreword by Norman M. Naimark; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. From Brutality to International Conventions to Renewed Brutality: Foreign Occupations in European History ; 2. Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland: The First German Conquests ; A Perfect Union ; Without Firing a Shot ; To the Last Bullet ; 3. Defeat and Submission: Europe's Honeymoon with Hitler, 1939-1941; Toward a ""Great Germanic"" Brotherhood ; The Belgians and the French Under German Rule ; Cozy Islanders ; The Pitfalls of Collaboration in the Balkans

4. The Invasion of the Soviet Union and East European Collaboration Caught Between Two Giants ; The Worst Place to Be: Ukraine During the War ; Toward a Turning Point in the Conflict; 5. Germany's Many Allies: A Blessing or a Curse? ; The Allies of Germany and the ""Final Solution"" ; Mutual Jealousies and Suspicions ; Ethnic Cleansing ; Hitler's ""Strongman"" Allies ; 6. The Beginnings of German Decline: The Growth and Many Dilemmas of the Resistance Movements ; Life and Death in the Resistance ; The Resistance Press and Radio ; The Special Operations Executive

Resistance in the Countries Expecting British and American Liberation Helping Jews ; 7. Resistance and Civil War in Eastern, Southern, and Southeastern Europe ; The Last European Tragedy ; Poland: An Extraordinary Case ; Polish and Jewish Resistance: A Difficult Relationship ; Resistance in the German-Occupied Parts of the Soviet Union ; Resistance and Chaos in the Balkans ; The Gorgopotamos Saga ; Slovakia and Transylvania ; 8. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? Case Studies of Resistance and Reprisal ; The Via Rasella and the Ardeatine Cave ; The Oradour Tragedy

Revenge and Ethnic Cleansing at Novi Sad 9. The End of the War, the Apparent Triumph of the Resistance Movements, and the First Retributions ; The End in Germany ; The Legacy of the German Resistance ; The End in the East ; 10. Purging Hitler's Europe ; The Road to Nuremberg and to the National Court Trials ; Justice and Injustice at Nuremberg ; Justice and Injustice in the National Courts of Justice ; 11. The Long Aftermath of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution ; The Cold War and the Suspension of Retributions ; Renewed Attempts at Reprisals ; Epilogue

Suggestions for Further Study Index ; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-97350-0

0-429-96242-8

0-429-49387-8

0-8133-4790-4

9780429493874

OCLC:

898893399