Representations of Flight and Expulsion in East German Prose Works

by Bill Niven

Book Overview

It is by now almost a clich 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 addressed in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571135359
• ISBN13: 9781571135353
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"