The Rehabilitation and Ethnic Vetting of the Polish Population in the Voivodship of Gdańsk after World War II
This book describes the tragedy of a border society that had no place inside the boundaries of a nation-state under totalitarianism. It is the story of citizens of the former Third Reich with Polish ethnic roots in the second half of the 1940s. The story takes place in Gdańsk-Pomerania, which was a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bern
Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group
2020
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| Series: | Studies in History, Memory and Politics
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book describes the tragedy of a border society that had no place inside the boundaries of a nation-state under totalitarianism. It is the story of citizens of the former Third Reich with Polish ethnic roots in the second half of the 1940s. The story takes place in Gdańsk-Pomerania, which was a difficult homeland for its citizens. This book depicts the consequences of Third Reich's policies on this territory and the disastrous effects of communist policy towards the indigenous population after 1945. In parallel with exchange of population, the fortunes of the indigenous population unfolded. Based on archival sources, this work presents the fate of Pomeranians and the residents of Gdańsk who had to prove their national usefulness before they joined the post-war life. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (292 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783653071726 9783631679401 9783631708439 9783631708422 b16158 |