Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War by Douglas, R. M.

Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War

More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of...
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Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War by Douglas, R. M.

Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War

BD$58.66

Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War

BD$58.66
Author: R. M. Douglas
Format: Paperback
Language: English

More than 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe were driven from their homes in the wake of WWII, yet barely anyone noticed or remembers

Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized and helped to carry out the forced relocation of German speakers from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable--between 12,000,000 and 14,000,000 civilians, most of them women and children--and the losses horrifying--at least 500,000 people, and perhaps many more, died while detained in former concentration camps, while locked in trains en route, or after arriving in Germany exhausted, malnourished, and homeless. This book is the first in any language to tell the full story of this immense man-made catastrophe.

Based mainly on archival records of the countries that carried out the forced migrations and of the international humanitarian organizations that tried but failed to prevent the disastrous results, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War is an authoritative and objective account. It examines an aspect of European history that few have wished to confront, exploring how the expulsions were conceived, planned, and executed and how their legacy reverberates throughout central Europe today. The book is an important study of the largest recorded episode of what we now call "ethnic cleansing," and it may also be the most significant untold story of the Second World War.



Author: R. M. Douglas
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 07/23/2013
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.15w x 1.36d
ISBN: 9780300198201


Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention

About the Author
R. M. Douglas is associate professor of history, Colgate University. He lives in Hamilton, NY.

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