Full Description
An examination of population movements, both forced and voluntary, within the broader context of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, in both Western and Eastern Europe. The authors bring to life problems of war and post-war chaos, and assess lasting social, political and demographic consequences.
Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; J.Reinisch PART I: EXPLAINING POSTWAR DISPLACEMENT Trajectories of Population Displacement in the Aftermaths of Two World Wars; P.Gatrell Reconstructing the Nation-State: Population Transfer in East-Central Europe, 1944-48; M.Frank PART II: EXPULSIONS AND FORCED TRANSFERS Forced Migration of German Populations During and After the Second World War: History and Memory; R.Schulze The Exodus of Italians from Istria and Dalmatia 1945-56; G.Corni Evacuation Versus Repatriation: the Polish-Ukrainian Population Exchange, 1944-1946; C.Gousseff PART III: NATIONAL AND ETHNIC PROJECTS 'National Refugees', Displaced Persons and the Reconstruction of Italy: the Case of Trieste; P.Ballinger Return, Displacement and Revenge: Majorities and Minorities in Osnabrück at the End of the Second World War; P.Panayi Stateless Citizens of Israel: Jewish DPs and Zionism in Postwar Germany; A.Patt PART IV: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT German Refugees and Labour in the Soviet Zone of Germany, 1945-1949; J.Reinisch From Displaced Persons to Labourers: Allied Employment Policies in Postwar West Germany; S.Salvatici British Migration Policy and Displaced Persons in Europe; J-D.Steinert PART V: CHILDREN The Return of Evacuated Children to Leningrad, 1944-46; E.White Relocating Children During the Greek Civil War, 1946-1949: State Strategies and Propaganda; L.Hassiotis Epilogue: A Disorder of Peoples: the Uncertain Ground of Reconstruction in 1945; G.Eley Bibliography Index
