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1 online resource (329 pages) |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Germans -- Poland -- Western and Northern Territories -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Ethnic relations
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Germans
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Western and Northern Territories (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
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Western and Northern Territories (Poland) -- History
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| Subject |
Poland -- Western and Northern Territories
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813161396 |
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0813161398 |
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