The Rehabilitation and Ethnic Vetting of the Polish Population in the Voivodship of Gdansk after World War II

This book describes the tragedy of a border society that had no place inside the boundaries of a nation-state under totalitarianism. It is the story of citizens of the former Third Reich with Polish ethnic roots in the second half of the 1940s. The story takes place in Gdansk-Pomerania, which was a difficult homeland for its citizens. This book depicts the consequences of Third Reich's policies on this territory and the disastrous effects of communist policy towards the indigenous population after 1945. In parallel with exchange of population, the fortunes of the indigenous population unfolded. Based on archival sources, this work presents the fate of Pomeranians and the residents of Gdansk who had to prove their national usefulness before they joined the post-war life.

List of contents

Ethnic policy in the Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen 1939-1944 - The political, legal and social dimension of ethnic rehabilitation and vetting - The first stage of ethnic rehabilitation and vetting in Gdansk Voivodship - Rehabilitation and vetting under the new legal regulations

About the author

Sylwia Bykowska holds a PhD in Humanities. In her scientific work, she deals with history of Polish People's Republic, population changes in Gdäsk after 1945 and the development of a new city society, ethnic issues in the so-called Recovered Territories, and history of Gdäsk and Pomerania in the 20th century.

Product details

• Authors: Sylwia Bykowska
• Assisted by: Anna Wolff-Poweska (Editor), George Szenderowicz (Translation)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783631679401
• ISBN: 978-3-631-67940-1
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 24 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 448 g
• Illustrations: 19 Abb.
• Series: Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics; Studies in History, Memory and Politics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries