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Orphans of Versailles the Germans in Western Poland, 1918-1939 / Richard Blanke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813161396
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DK4600 .O774 2015
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Contents:
Subject: The lands Germany ceded to Poland after World War I included more than one million ethnic Germans for whom the change meant a sharp reversal of roles. The Polish government now confronted a German minority in a region where power relationships had been the other way around for more than a century. Orphans of Versailles examines the complex psychological and political situation of Germans consigned to Poland, their treatment by the Polish government and society, their diverse strategies for survival, their place in international relations, and the impact of National Socialism. Not a one-sided st.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Maps; 1. Prussian Poland/Western Poland, 1919-1939; 1. Establishment of the German Minority, 1918-1922; 2. Ethnographic Composition of the German-Polish Borderlands, 1910; 2. The Great Exodus; 3. Coming to Terms; 4. The Pilsudski Era and the Economic Struggle; 5. The Minority in the International Arena; 6. The Impact of National Socialism; 7. The Minority in 1939; Conclusion; Appendix A. Western Polish Place Names: Official Polish and German Equivalents.

Appendix B. Population of Western Poland and German Proportion, 1910-1931Bibliography; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

The lands Germany ceded to Poland after World War I included more than one million ethnic Germans for whom the change meant a sharp reversal of roles. The Polish government now confronted a German minority in a region where power relationships had been the other way around for more than a century. Orphans of Versailles examines the complex psychological and political situation of Germans consigned to Poland, their treatment by the Polish government and society, their diverse strategies for survival, their place in international relations, and the impact of National Socialism. Not a one-sided st.

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