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Collective identities and post-war violence in Europe, 1944-48 : reshaping the nation
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- Creator
- edited by Ota Konrád, Boris Barth ;and Jaromír Mrňka
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (340 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9783030783860, 3030783863, 9783030783853
- OCLC
- on1287134267
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Reshaping the Nation: An Introduction to the Collective Identities and Post-war Violence in Europe, 1944-1948 -- References -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Violence in the European Interregnum, 1944-1947 -- World War II as Multiple Wars -- The Character of Violence -- The Role of State Structures -- Vengeance and Retribution -- Women and Jews -- Conclusions -- References -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Gender, Ethnicity, and Multidirectional Violence in the Last Months of the German Rule in Lithuania: A Case Study of Local Force Battalions -- Formation of the Local Force: Why Did They Volunteer? -- Mobilising Rhetoric: Making Sense of the Anti-partisan Crusade -- Military Collaboration, Nationalist Resistance, and Revenge -- Combat Violence and Post-combat Symbolic Violence -- Ethnicity and Violence Against Civilians -- Disbandment of the Local Force and the Continuum of Violence in Post-war Lithuania -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- LCVA (Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas)-Lithuanian Central State Archives: -- LYA (Lietuvos Ypatingasis Archyvas)-Lithuanian Special Archives: -- Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka (Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania): -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Belarusian Nationalists and Nation-Building Efforts in the Twilight of World War II -- The Belarusian Nation in Scholarly Discourse -- Experiences Before and During World War II -- Nation-Making in the Media -- Belarusian Armed Groups -- Youths, Educators, and the Family Unit -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Bundesarchiv (BA), Berlin-Lichterfelde -- Dziarzhaŭny Arkhiŭ Minskaı̆ Voblastsi (DAMV) -- Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybės Archyvas (LCVA) -- Národní Archiv České Republiky (NAČR)
- National Archives at College Park, Maryland (NACP) -- Natsyianal'ny Arkhiu Respubliki Belarusi (NARB) -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Cleansing Greece of the Miasma of Its "Sudeten": The Macedonian Slavs as an Unwanted Minority in the Aftermath of World War II -- A Multi-Speed Cleansing -- A Far from Uniform Minority -- The Legacy of Occupation -- The White Terror -- A Czech Model? -- Mapping the Minority, Defining the Enemy -- New Cleavages, New Criteria -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Private Collections -- Printed Sources -- Online Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Purges, Patriotism, and Political Violence: The Danish Case 1944-1945 -- From the Campaign for Public Opinion to Political Violence -- Driving Forces Behind the Escalation of 1944-1945 -- Purges Before Capitulation -- Euphoria, Hatred, and Internments in May 1945 -- Gobs of Spittle, Ill-Treatment, Killings: Vengeance and Parades on the Streets -- Shootings, Revenge Expeditions, and an Ongoing Minor "Civil War" -- Post-war Problems for the Resistance Movement -- Political Power Struggles, Judicial Process, and the Death Penalty -- A Perspective on the "Special Case" -- References -- Archives -- Printed Sources -- Reports from the Resistance 1945 and Illegal Booklets and Papers -- Post-war Newspapers -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: "The 'Proton Pseudos' of Our Life After May 1945": Czech Protestants and the Expulsion of Sudeten Germans -- In the Pay of the Prussian King -- Please Remain by My Side When I Need Your Advice and Help -- "Proton Pseudos" and Its Aftermath -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Printed Sources -- Online Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Redefining National Identities Through Justice: A Comparative Analysis Between Italy and France
- The Trials of Women Charged with Collaborationism by the Corti d'Assise Straordinarie and the Cour de Justice -- Trials of Partisans by Ordinary Justice -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Archives Nationales de France -- Archives Départementales du Pas-de-Calais -- Archives départementales du Rhône -- Archives Départementales de Saône-et-Loire -- Archives Départementales de la Seine-Saint-Denis -- Archivio di Stato di Bologna -- Archivio di Stato di Cuneo -- Archivio di Stato di Torino -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: "Mentalities of War, Mentalities of Peace": Capital Punishment in the Norwegian "Treason Trials", 1941-1948 -- Planning for the Liberation -- A Summer of Anxiety -- Ambivalence -- The Last Execution -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Riksarkivet Oslo (RA) -- Nasjonalbiblioteket, Oslo -- Digitised Newspapers: -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 10: A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? The Post-war Treatment of the German Minority in Denmark -- The Origins of a German Minority in North Schleswig -- The German Minority in Denmark between 1920 and 1945 -- Southern Jutland in 1945: A Region in Turmoil -- Detentions and Confiscations -- Judicial Settlement -- Normalisation -- Conclusion -- References -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: "Pure Christians" Versus "Working Citizens of the Democratic Era": How the Claimants of Jewish Property Perceived Citizenship in Hungary -- Before and During the War: The Context of Claim Letters -- After the War: The Context of the Reclamation Letters -- "Pure Christians": Claiming Jewish Property -- The "Working Citizens of the Democratic Era": Re-claiming Jewish Property -- Conclusion -- References -- Archives -- Hungarian National Archives, Pest County Archives: MNL PML -- Printed Sources -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Concluding Observations
- Forms of Violence and Their National Legitimisation -- Forced Migrations and Ethno-National Reordering in Europe -- Political Purges and the Values of the Nation -- Building New National Political Orders -- Outlook and Open Questions -- References -- Online Sources -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index