This volume presents research from an international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral research project in which 15 doctoral researchers explored a range of issues related to the life-course experiences of children born of war in 20th ...
a totally new KZ-system, based upon a few central camps which followed the example of Dachau. For a synopsis of this transformation, see Angelika Königseder, “Die Entwicklung des KZ-Systems,” in Der Ort des Terrors, vol. 1, ed.
Von rund 100 Millionen Soldaten, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg gegeneinander kampften, gerieten etwa 35 Millionen (also ein Drittel) in Gefangenschaft. Renommierte Historiker aus Europa und den USA beleuchten die Thematik...
Konflikte und Kriege im 20. Jahrhundert: Aspekte ihrer Folgen
In autobiografischen Texten kommen Besatzungskinder auch selbst zu Wort. Damit soll dieses vielfach bis heute tabuisierte Thema der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht und eine Lücke in der Zeitgeschichteforschung geschlossen werden.
Europe has a long history of state-led population displacement on ethnic grounds. The nationalist argument of ethnic homogeneity has been a crucial factor in the mapping of the continent.
Forced Population Movements in Europe in the Second World War and its Aftermath Pertti Ahonen, Gustavo Corni, ... The Soviet delegation joined the propaganda drive aimed at persuading Poland's Ukrainians to move voluntarily to the ...
If this were not enough, Kennedy's official White House physician Admiral George Burkley did not like the fact that Dr. ... the proud president understandably did not want to use crutches and meet Khrushchev in Vienna “as a cripple.
Based on a broad array of sources from Russian and Austrian archives, this collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955.