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Orphans of Versailles : the Germans in Western Poland, 1918-1939 /

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. O...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blanke, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.