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Orderly and Humane - The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War (Paperback) Loot Price: R743
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Orderly and Humane - The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War (Paperback): R.M. Douglas

Orderly and Humane - The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War (Paperback)

R.M. Douglas

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More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of WWII, yet barely anyone noticed or remembers Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced relocation of German speakers from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable-between 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 civilians, most of them women and children-and the losses horrifying-at least 500,000 people, and perhaps many more, died while detained in former concentration camps, while locked in trains en route, or after arriving in Germany exhausted, malnourished, and homeless. This book is the first in any language to tell the full story of this immense man-made catastrophe. Based mainly on archival records of the countries that carried out the forced migrations and of the international humanitarian organizations that tried but failed to prevent the disastrous results, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War is an authoritative and objective account. It examines an aspect of European history that few have wished to confront, exploring how the expulsions were conceived, planned, and executed and how their legacy reverberates throughout central Europe today. The book is an important study of the largest recorded episode of what we now call "ethnic cleansing," and it may also be the most significant untold story of the Second World War.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2013
First published: July 2013
Authors: R.M. Douglas
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19820-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 0-300-19820-5
Barcode: 9780300198201

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