Orphans of Versailles: The Germans in Western Poland, 1918-1939

The lands Germany ceded to Poland after World War I included more than one million ethnic Germans for whom the change meant a sharp reversal of roles. The Polish government now confronted a German minority in a region where power relationships had been the other way around for more than a century. Orphans of Versailles examines the complex psychological and political situation of Germans consigned to Poland, their treatment by the Polish government and society, their diverse strategies for surv

Author: Richard Blanke
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780813156330

About the Author

Richard Blanke is professor of history at the University of Maine.

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