Transforming occupation in the western zones of Germany : politics, everyday life and social interactions, 1945-55 / edited by Camilo Erlichman and Christopher Knowles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erlichman, Camilo, editor.

Knowles, Christopher (Historian), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Denazification.

Social conditions.

Germany--History--1945-1955.

Germany.

History.

Germany--Social conditions--1945-1955.

Germany (West)--History.

Germany (West).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.

Contents:

Part 1. Contextualizing Occupation: 1. Introduction: Reframing Occupation as a System of Rule / Camilo Erlichman and Christopher Knowles ; 2. Preoccupied: Wartime Training for Post-War Occupation in the United States, 1940-5 / Susan L. Carruthers ; 3. Benign Occupations: The Allied Occupation of Germany and the International Law of Occupation / Peter M. R. Stirk

Part 2. The Past in the Present: Transitional Justice and Managing the Nazi Legacy: 4. Transitional Justice? Denazification in the US Zone of Occupied Germany / Rebecca Boehling ; 5. The Allied Internment of German Civilians in Occupied Germany: Cooperation and Conflict in the Western Zones, 1945-9 / Andrew H. Beattie ; 6. What Do You Do with a Dead Nazi? Allied Policy on the Execution and Disposal of War Criminals, 1945-55 / Caroline Sharples

Part 3. Doing Occupation: Image and Reality: 7. `My Home, Your Castle': British Requisitioning of German Homes in Westphalia / Bettina Blum ; 8. Game Plan for Democracy: Sport and Youth in Occupied West Germany / Heather L. Dichter ; 9. Occupying the Environment: German Hunters and the American Occupation / Douglas Bell

Part 4. Experiencing Occupation: Daily Life and Personal Relationships: 10. The Sexualized Landscape of Post-War Germany and the Politics of Cross-Racial Intimacy in the US Zone / Nadja Klopprogge ; 11. Shared Spaces: Social Encounters between French and Germans in Occupied Freiburg, 1945-55 / Ann-Kristin Glöckner ; 12. `Gosh ... I Think I'm in a Dream!!': Subjective Experiences and Daily Life in the British Zone / Daniel Cowling

Part 5. Mediating Occupation: Interactions, Intermediaries and Legacies: 13. `We Are Glad They Are Here, But We Are Not Rejoicing!': The Catholic Clergy under French and American Occupation / Johannes Kuber ; 14. From Denazification to Renazification? West German Government Officials after 1945 / Dominik Rigoll ; 15. The Value of Knowledge: Western Intelligence Agencies and Former Members of the SS, Gestapo and Wehrmacht during the Early Cold War / Michael Wala.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350049222

1350049220

OCLC:

1012342964

Publisher Number:

99978419207