Belonging to the nation : inclusion and exclusion in the Polish-German borderlands 1939-1951 / John J. Kulczycki

"In 1939 Nazi Germany incorporated western Poland into the Reich and recognized Germans with Polish citizenship as Volksdeutsche. Following Germany's defeat in 1945, communist-dominated Poland incorporated eastern Germany, recognized German citizens of Polish origin as members of the Polis...

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Hauptverfasser:Kulczycki, John J. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht:Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016
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The disputed Polish-German borderlandsThe German occupation of Poland
The creation of a new Poland
The recovered lands and their inhabitants
The prelude to polonizing identities
The initial Polish government nationality measures
After the Potsdam Conference
The central government and nationality verification
The rehabilitation of Volksdeutsche in 1946
A year of crucial changes
Nationality policies following the end of mass expulsion
The status of autochthons at the end of 1949
The last phase of nationality verification and rehabilitation.
The disputed Polish-German borderlands
The German occupation of Poland
The creation of a new Poland
The recovered lands and their inhabitants
The prelude to polonizing identities
The initial Polish government nationality measures
After the Potsdam Conference
The central government and nationality verification
The rehabilitation of Volksdeutsche in 1946
A year of crucial changes
Nationality policies following the end of mass expulsion
The status of autochthons at the end of 1949
The last phase of nationality verification and rehabilitation