Allied Internment Camps in Occupied Germany - Extrajudicial Detention in the Name of Denazification, 1945-1950

Sommario

Introduction; 1. 'It will be desirable on political grounds': the development of internment policy, 1943-1946; 2. 'Not consistent with civil liberties': internment in practice, 1945-1950; 3. Internees: the 'worst Nazis' or a 'colourful assortment'?; 4. Internment camps: 'the main task of the camp is the complete isolation' of the detainees; Conclusion;

Info autore

Andrew H. Beattie is Senior Lecturer in German and European Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. An authority on the politics of history and memory in Germany, he is the author of Playing Politics with History: The Bundestag Inquiries into East Germany (2008).

Riassunto

This first in-depth study of Allied internment compares the detainment of Germans by all four occupying powers in the post-war period. It challenges common assumptions about divergent western and Soviet approaches to detainees, revealing how the process of denazification was more complex and severe than previously believed.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrew H. Beattie, Andrew H. (University of New South Wales Beattie, Beattie Andrew H.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108720731
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72073-1
• Pagine: 260
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Europe / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Prisoners of War