Format:
XVI, 427 S.
ISBN:
9781139047067
Series Statement:
Publications of the German Historical Institute
Content:
When American and British troops swept through the German Reich in the spring of 1945, they confiscated a broad range of government papers and archives. These records were subsequently used in war crimes trials and published under Allied auspices to document the German road to war. In 1949, the West Germans asked for their return, considering the request one of the benchmarks of their new state sovereignty. This book traces the tangled history of the captured German records and the extended negotiations for their return into German custody. Based on meticulous research in British, American and German archives, The Struggle for the Files highlights an overlooked aspect of early West German diplomacy and international relations. All participants were aware that the files constituted historical material essential to write German history and at stake was nothing less than the power to interpret the recent German past
Content:
The confiscation of German documents, 1944-1949 -- The first German calls for restitution -- The positions of the United States and Britain -- Negotiation marathon -- Ad fontes: the captured documents and the writing of history
Note:
First published 2004 as Kampf um die Akten: Die Westalliierten und die R¨uckgabe von deutschem Archivgut nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521880183
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107629202
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521880183
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521880183
URL:
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Author information:
Eckert, Astrid M. 1971-
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