The German exodus : a selective study on the post-World War II expulsion of German populations and its effects /

The German exodus : a selective study on the post-World War II expulsion of German populations and its effects / by G.C. Paikert.

This brief study of the 1945 expulsion of German populations from Eastern-Central and Eastern Europe does not by any means pretend to be a complete and exhaustive analysis of a subject so massive, complex and controversial. Moreover, it is selective: in dealing with the reception of the expellees it...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Paikert, G. C., (Géza Charles), 1902-1990 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V., [1962]
Series:Publications of the Research Group for European Migration Problems ; 12.
Subjects:
Refugees > Germany.
Population transfers > Germans.
Social sciences.
Social conditions.
Refugees.
Germany (West) > Social conditions.
Germany (West)
Germany.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Exodus Teutonicus
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Approximate Number and Place of Origin of the Refugees
  • 3. Conditions under which the Migration Occurred
  • 4. Conditions Found in the Receiving Places
  • II. Motives of the Great Flight
  • 1. Motives of those Germans who Moved out before the Expulsion
  • 2. Motives of those Germans who Stayed at Home
  • 3. The Three Phases of the Exodus
  • III. The Legal Basis of the Expulsion, the Potsdam Agreement
  • 1. The Protocol
  • 2. Motives of the Soviets and its Dependencies
  • 3. It Was Hitler Who Started It
  • 4. The Expulsion, Symptom of Nationalism or Effect of Sovietization?
  • 5. Share and Responsibility of the Western Two
  • 6. Motives of the Western Two
  • IV. Fundamentals Concerning the Settlement of the Newcomers, Their Socio-Economic Integration in West Germany
  • 1. From Chaos to Consolidation
  • 2. Socio-Economic Integration
  • 3. Permanent 'Political Camps'? A Second Arab-Israeli Issue? Spread of Communism?
  • 4. The German Guilt Complex and Revision
  • 5. A Curious Impact on the International Economic Plane
  • V. The Role of the Expellees in the 'German Miracle'
  • 1. An Overlooked Aspect of the 'Miracle'
  • 2. Turning a Liability into an Asset
  • 3. The New Wave of Industrialization and the Refugees
  • VI. The Impact of the Newcomers on West Germany's Socio-Cultural Geography
  • 1. Shifts in West Germany's Socio-cultural Structure
  • 2. The Newcomers' Place in West Germany's Cultural Life
  • 3. Changes in Basic Religious Patterns
  • VII. The Expulsion and the Universal Norms of Law
  • 1. The Legal Situation
  • 2. The Concept of the Major Functions of War
  • 3. (National) Self-determination
  • 4. Human Rights
  • 5. The Right to Homeland and Residence
  • VIII. Nation-State, National Minorities and the Expulsion
  • 1. The Expulsion, a Factor in the Crisis of the Nation-State?
  • 2. The Expellees and the Problem of National (Ethnic) Minorities
  • IX. Solution?
  • 1. Stand of the Beneficiaries of the Potsdam Accord
  • 2. Stand of the Western Two
  • 3. The Uncommitted States
  • 4. German Approaches to a Solution
  • 5. Repatriation without Changes in Sovereignties
  • 6. Is the Oder-Neisse Territory Now a Ghostland?
  • 7. Who Will Return?
  • X. Conclusions
  • 1. The Indispensable Background
  • 2. No Single Debit or Credit Sheet
  • 3. Summary
  • Charter of the German Expellees
  • Selective Bibliography
  • Maps and Tables.

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