The Assimilation of German Expellees into the West German Polity and Society Since 1945 A Case Study of Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein

The expulsions of German nationals from former Reich territories east of the Oder-Neisse Rivers and of German minority communities from various Eastern European nations following the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945 constitute one of the least appreciated consequences of the Second World War. Num...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lattimore Jr., B.G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1974, 1974
Edition:1st ed. 1974
Series:Studies of Social Life
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I The Altered Framework (1945–1947)
  • The Potsdam Expulsions
  • Schleswig-Holstein
  • 1945: The Year of Collapse
  • 1946: First Postwar Elections
  • 1947: First Expellee Legislation
  • Conclusion
  • II New Realities (1948–1950)
  • 1948: Expellee Organizations and Elections
  • The Expellee Committee (1948–1950)
  • 1950: New Expellee and Indigenous Parties
  • Conclusion
  • III The High Tide of Local Expellee Politics(1951–1954)
  • 1951: Confrontation
  • 1952: Clues That Point Toward Trends
  • The Expellee Committee
  • 1953: A Respite
  • 1954: Landtag Politics and Patenschaften
  • Conclusion
  • IV The Disintegration of the BHE (1955–1959)
  • 1955–1956: Redefining the Political Environment
  • The Expellee Committee (1955–1959)
  • Expellee Organizations
  • 1957-1958: Emasculation of the BHE
  • 1959: Economic Recovery Attained
  • Conclusion
  • V The Political Effects of Assimilation (1959–1962)
  • 1959: Election Ironies
  • The Expellee Committee
  • 1960: The Decade for Appraisal
  • 1961: 1957 Revisited
  • 1962: The Political Acknowledgement of Assimilation 106 Conclusion
  • VI Epilogue (1963–1970)
  • The Demise of the GDP
  • The Expellee Committee (1963–1965)
  • The Local Elections of 1966
  • The Expellee Committee (1966–1970)
  • Continuing Evolution (1967–1970)
  • Conclusion
  • VII Conclusion
  • The Main Periods of the Assimilation Process
  • The Return of Stability
  • Political Assimilation
  • An Appraisal of Assimilation in Schleswig-Holstein