Belonging to the Nation - Inclusion and Exclusion in the Polish-German Borderlands, 19391951

Informationen zum Autor John J. Kulczycki is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Klappentext In 1939 Nazis identified Polish citizens of German origin and granted them legal status as ethnic Germans of the Reich. After the war Poland did just the opposite: searched out Germans of Polish origin and offered them Polish citizenship. John Kulczycki¿s account underscores the processes of inclusion and exclusion that mold national communities. Zusammenfassung In 1939 Nazis identified Polish citizens of German origin and granted them legal status as ethnic Germans of the Reich. After the war Poland did just the opposite: searched out Germans of Polish origin and offered them Polish citizenship. John Kulczycki’s account underscores the processes of inclusion and exclusion that mold national communities.

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• Authors: John J Kulczycki, John J. Kulczycki, Kulczycki John J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780674659780
• ISBN: 978-0-674-65978-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, Poland, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Poland, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), C 1945 To C 1960, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front