Peace at all costs : Catholic intellectuals, journalists, and media in postwar Polish-German reconciliation / Annika Elisabet Frieberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frieberg, Annika, author.

Series:

Studies in contemporary European history ; Volume 23.

Studies in contemporary European history ; Volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poland--Relations--Germany (West)--History.

Poland.

Catholics--Political aspects--Germany (West)--History.

Catholics.

Catholics--Political aspects--Poland--History--20th century.

Mass media--Political aspects--Germany (West)--History.

Mass media.

Mass media--Political aspects--Poland--History--20th century.

Reconciliation--Political aspects--Germany (West)--History.

Reconciliation.

Reconciliation--Political aspects--Poland--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2019]

Summary:

Although it was characterized by simmering international tensions, the early Cold War also witnessed dramatic instances of reconciliation between states, as former antagonists rebuilt political, economic, and cultural ties in the wake of the Second World War. And such efforts were not confined to official diplomacy, as this study of postwar rapprochement between Poland and West Germany demonstrates. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Peace at All Costs follows Polish and German non-state activists who attempted to establish dialogue in the 1950s and 1960s, showing how they achieved modest successes and media attention at the cost of more nuanced approaches to their national histories and identities.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Unexpected Meetings and New Beginnings: Inspirations, Transformations, and Opportunities, 1939–58

Chapter 2. Victims, Heroes, and Dark Refl ections: Polish Travelers, West German Journalists, and the New Relations, 1958–64

Chapter 3. Radio Relations: Klaus von Bismarck, Poland, and the Audiovisual Media Institutes

Chapter 4. Televising the Territorial Conflict: Documentary Portrayals of Polish–German Relations

Chapter 5. Of Forgiving and Forgetting: The Religious Memoranda and the Media, 1961–68

Chapter 6. Brandt-ing Reconciliation: Politics, Media, and New Relations, 1968–72

Chapter 7. Remembering and Rewriting Reconciliation: The 1990s

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78920-025-3