Orphans of Versailles: The Germans in Western Poland, 1918-1939

by Richard Blanke

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813156335
• ISBN13: 9780813156330
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher