Format:
XXIII, 257 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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23 cm
ISBN:
9780813347899
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Summary: In Europe on Trial, acclaimed historian Istvan Deak presents the comparative history of collaboration, retribution, and resistance during World War II. Deak explores these three themes through the Western and Eastern European countries that suffered at the hands of German military occupation. The occupied countries had to face the question of whether to cooperate with their German occupiers, try to survive the war without any political involvement, or risk their lives by opposing the Nazis. Deak delves deep into the decisions that various countries and individuals made during this critical time. Following the brutal war, Deak discusses the purging of the ancient regime through lynching, acts of private vengeance, denunciation, firings, forced retirements, deprivation of citizens' rights, expulsions, mass deportations, arbitrary internment, and judicial proceedings including the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal from 1945-1946, which judged the principal German war criminals. Europe on Trial helps us to understand the many moral consequences both during and immediately following World War II
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents ; Foreword by Norman M. Naimark; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. From Brutality to International Conventions to Renewed Brutality: Foreign Occupations in European History ; 2. Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland: The First German Conquests ; A Perfect Union ; Without Firing a Shot ; To the Last Bullet ; 3. Defeat and Submission: Europe's Honeymoon with Hitler, 1939-1941; Toward a ""Great Germanic"" Brotherhood ; The Belgians and the French Under German Rule ; Cozy Islanders ; The Pitfalls of Collaboration in the Balkans 4. The Invasion of the Soviet Union and East European Collaboration Caught Between Two Giants ; The Worst Place to Be: Ukraine During the War ; Toward a Turning Point in the Conflict; 5. Germany's Many Allies: A Blessing or a Curse? ; The Allies of Germany and the ""Final Solution"" ; Mutual Jealousies and Suspicions ; Ethnic Cleansing ; Hitler's ""Strongman"" Allies ; 6. The Beginnings of German Decline: The Growth and Many Dilemmas of the Resistance Movements ; Life and Death in the Resistance ; The Resistance Press and Radio ; The Special Operations Executive Resistance in the Countries Expecting British and American Liberation Helping Jews ; 7. Resistance and Civil War in Eastern, Southern, and Southeastern Europe ; The Last European Tragedy ; Poland: An Extraordinary Case ; Polish and Jewish Resistance: A Difficult Relationship ; Resistance in the German-Occupied Parts of the Soviet Union ; Resistance and Chaos in the Balkans ; The Gorgopotamos Saga ; Slovakia and Transylvania ; 8. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? Case Studies of Resistance and Reprisal ; The Via Rasella and the Ardeatine Cave ; The Oradour Tragedy
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Revenge and Ethnic Cleansing at Novi Sad 9. The End of the War, the Apparent Triumph of the Resistance Movements, and the First Retributions ; The End in Germany ; The Legacy of the German Resistance ; The End in the East ; 10. Purging Hitler's Europe ; The Road to Nuremberg and to the National Court Trials ; Justice and Injustice at Nuremberg ; Justice and Injustice in the National Courts of Justice ; 11. The Long Aftermath of Collaboration, Resistance, and Retribution ; The Cold War and the Suspension of Retributions ; Renewed Attempts at Reprisals ; Epilogue Suggestions for Further Study Index ; About the Authors
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Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8133-4790-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Europa
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Kollaboration
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Widerstand
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Vergeltung
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Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Deák, István 1926-2023
Author information:
Naimark, Norman M. 1944-
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