Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
ISBN: 9780813156330
Pub Date: 15 Jul 2014
Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
Illustrations: Illus
Description:
The lands Germany ceded to Poland after World War I included more than one million ethnic Germans for whom the change meant a sharp reversal of roles. The Polish government now confronted a German minority in a region where power relationships had been the other way around for more than a century.Orphans of Versailles examines the complex psychological and political situation of Germans consigned to Poland, their treatment by the Polish government and society, their diverse strategies for survival, their place in international relations, and the impact of National Socialism.