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Strangers in the Wild Place: Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945-1952
Adam R. Seipp
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Description for Strangers in the Wild Place: Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945-1952
Hardback. The story of Wildflecken through the eyes of very different groups Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 564.
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 very different groups, who were ... Read more
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 very different groups, who were ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253006776
SKU
V9780253006776
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About Adam R. Seipp
Adam R. Seipp is Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University and author of The Ordeal of Peace: Demobilization and the Urban Experience in Britain and Germany, 1917-1921.
Reviews for Strangers in the Wild Place: Refugees, Americans, and a German Town, 1945-1952
Seipp has written a meticulously researched, enlightening study.
Journal of Modern History
Well written and based on an abundance of local, national, and international sources, Strangers in theWild Place reveals the inner 'workings of rural society in occupied and semi-sovereign West Germany'. . . . [T]his book makes an important contribution to a more nuanced understanding of how ... Read more
Journal of Modern History
Well written and based on an abundance of local, national, and international sources, Strangers in theWild Place reveals the inner 'workings of rural society in occupied and semi-sovereign West Germany'. . . . [T]his book makes an important contribution to a more nuanced understanding of how ... Read more