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Strangers in the wild place : refugees, Americans, and a German town, 1945-1952 / Adam R. Seipp.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seipp, Adam R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Refugee camps--Germany--Wildflecken--History.
- Refugee camps.
- Wildflecken (Displaced persons camp).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1936, the Nazi state created a massive military training site near Wildflecken, a tiny community in rural Bavaria. During the war, this base housed an industrial facility that drew forced laborers from all over conquered Europe. At war's end, the base became Europe's largest Displaced Persons camp, housing thousands of Polish refugees and German civilians fleeing Eastern Europe. As the Cold War intensified, the US Army occupied the base, removed the remaining refugees, and stayed until 1994. Strangers in the Wild Place tells the story of these tumultuous years through the eyes of these v
- Contents:
- The wild place, 1933-1945
- The seigneurs of Wildflecken, 1945-1947
- Keeping refugees occupied, 1945-1948
- These people, 1947-1949
- A victory for democracy, 1949-1952.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253007070
- 0253007070
- 9781283994125
- 1283994127
- OCLC:
- 828743769
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