Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 285 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780253006776
Content:
In 1936, the Nazi state created a massive military training site near Wildflecken, a tiny community in rural Bavaria. During the war, this base housed an industrial facility that drew forced laborers from all over conquered Europe. At war's end, the base became Europe's largest Displaced Persons camp, housing thousands of Polish refugees and German civilians fleeing Eastern Europe. As the Cold War intensified, the US Army occupied the base, removed the remaining refugees, and stayed until 1994. Strangers in the Wild Place tells the story of these tumultuous years through the eyes of these v
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The wild place, 1933-1945 -- The seigneurs of Wildflecken, 1945-1947 -- Keeping refugees occupied, 1945-1948 -- These people, 1947-1949 -- A victory for democracy, 1949-1952.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253007070
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253006776
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Strangers in the Wild Place : Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945-1952
Language:
English
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