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Representations of Flight and Expulsion in East German Prose Works (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Bill Niven
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Explodes the conventional wisdom that there was a taboo on the topic of flight and expulsion in East Germany. It is by now almost a cliché that the flight and expulsion of Germans from east-central Europe at the end of the Second World War was a taboo topic in the German Democratic Republic. According to this claim, the Socialist Unity Party (SED) suppressed reference to flight and expulsion so as not to upset its socialist neighbors. This book shows that such a view does not hold up to serious scrutiny. While the topic may not have been ... Read more
Explodes the conventional wisdom that there was a taboo on the topic of flight and expulsion in East Germany. It is by now almost a cliché that the flight and expulsion of Germans from east-central Europe at the end of the Second World War was a taboo topic in the German Democratic Republic. According to this claim, the Socialist Unity Party (SED) suppressed reference to flight and expulsion so as not to upset its socialist neighbors. This book shows that such a view does not hold up to serious scrutiny. While the topic may not have been ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571135353
SKU
V9781571135353
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About Bill Niven
BILL NIVEN is Professor Emeritus of History at Nottingham Trent University, UK
Reviews for Representations of Flight and Expulsion in East German Prose Works (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Niven's study is outstanding in several aspects. First, he does what the title of the book advertises in a way that is highly documented yet never longwinded . . . . The astonished reader comes to the fascinating realization that German flight and expulsion were in no way taboo themes in GDR literature; indeed, that on the contrary a great ... Read more