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Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar Germany and France

Comparative Perspectives

von: Manuel Borutta, Jan C. Jansen
42,79 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Macmillan
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	08.04.2016
ISBN/EAN:	9781137508416
Sprache:	englisch

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This volume compares one of the largest instances of 'ethnic cleansing' – the German expellees from the East (Vertriebene) – with the most important case of decolonization migration – the French repatriates of Algeria (pieds-noirs).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Comparing Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs; Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen PART I: FROM EMPIRE TO NATION-STATE: 1945 AND 1962 1. Legacies of Lebensraum: German Identity and Multiethnicity; Shelley Baranowski 2. The Birth of the Hexagon: 1962 and the Erasure of France's Supranational History; Todd Shepard PART II: REPATRIATION AND INTEGRATION 3. Assimilation versus Incorporation: Expellee Integration Policies in East and West Germany after 1945; Michael Schwartz 4. The Postcolonial Repatriations of the French of Algeria: An Emblematic Case of a Public Integration Policy; Yann Scioldo-Zürcher PART III: SELF-ORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION 5. The German Expellee Organizations: Unity, Division, and Function; Pertti Ahonen 6. Unity above all? Relationships and Rivalries within the Pied-Noir Community; Claire Eldridge PART IV: POLITICAL IMPACT AND PARTICIPATION 7. The Political Integration of the Expellees in Postwar West Germany; Frank Bösch 8. The Pieds-Noirs and French Political Life, 1962-2015; Eric Savarese PART V: COMMEMORATIVE PRACTICES AND EMOTIONS 9. Homeland Corners: Memories, Objects, and Emotions of Expellees in Postwar West Germany; Tobias Weger 10. Pied-Noir Pilgrimages, Commemorative Spaces, and Counter-Memory; Michèle Baussant PART VI: POLITICS OF REMEMBRANCE 11. Towards a European Memory of Forced Migration? Processes of Institutionalization and Musealization in Germany and Poland; Stefan Troebst 12. Memory Lobbying and the Shaping of 'Colonial Memories' in France since 1990: the Local, the National, and the International; Jan C. Jansen Conclusions: Comparison – the Way to Understanding; Etienne François

Autorenportrait

Manuel Borutta is Assistant Professor for Mediterranean history at the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany. Among his recent publications are A Colonial Sea: The Mediterranean, 1798-1956 (2012, co-editor with Sakis Gekas), and Antikatholizismus: Deutschland und Italien im Zeitalter der europäischen Kulturkämpfe (2011). Jan C. Jansen is Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, USA. He is the author of Erobern und Erinnern: Symbolpolitik, öffentlicher Raum und französischer Kolonialismus in Algerien 1830-1950 (2013) and co-author, with Jürgen Osterhammel, of Kolonialismus: Geschichte, Formen, Folgen (2012) and Dekolonisation: Das Ende der Imperien (2013).

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After 1945 and 1962, Germany and France received millions of refugees and expellees from Middle and Eastern Europe and from North Africa. Bringing together leading international scholars from both fields, this volume compares one of the largest instances of 'ethnic cleansing' – the Germans from the East (Vertriebene) – with the most important case of decolonization migration – the French repatriates of Algeria (pieds-noirs). By shifting the focus away from the origins and forms to the aftermath of these two examples of mass migration, the book explores to which extent postwar Europe was shaped by the integration of migrants. How did this process impact on the definition of citizenship and the construction of the welfare state in postwar Germany and France? How did it alter the associational and political landscape of both countries? Which marks did it leave on the public memory of crucial chapters in their national histories?

Unpublished endorsement

Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar Germany and France is an essential and timely publication. Engaging leading scholars in a vivid dialogue, it links two academic fields that have remained isolated from each other. At a time when the continent is facing an unprecedented wave of people seeking asylum, it is a powerful reminder of how much postwar Europe has been shaped by mass migrations.' - Jürgen Osterhammel, Professor of Modern History at the University of Konstanz, Germany 'This crisply edited volume placing German Vertriebene and French Pieds-noirs in critical comparison is groundbreaking. Beautifully wrought, through its careful pairing of topical chapters, it reveals unexpected commonalities and surprising contrasts, causing us to see Germany's former eastern settlements, postcolonial Europe, and even comparative historiography in new light.' - Andrea L. Smith, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Lafayette College, USA