Migration, Dictatorship, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Europe - Siegfried Von Vegesack and Werner Bergengruen

Migration, Dictatorship, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the impact of migration on the self-understanding of German authors Siegfried von Vegesack and Werner Bergengruen, and how their experiences of displacement in World War II shaped their authorship.

About the author

Martyn Housden is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Bradford, in the UK. Specializing in the history of refugees, Baltic Germans, and of Central and Eastern Europe, he is a member of the Baltic Historical Commission. His publications include: Helmut Nicolai and Nazi Ideology (St. Martin’s Press, 1992); Hans Frank. Lebensraum and The Holocaust (Palgrave Macmillan 2003); and On their own Behalf. Ewald Ammende, Europe's National Minorities and the Campaign for Cultural Autonomy 1920-1936 (Rodopi/Brill 2014).

Product details

• Authors: Martyn Housden
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9781836953142
• ISBN: 978-1-83695-314-2
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Making Sense of History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000