Product Description: "Osteuropa vom Weltkrieg zur Wende" deals with formerly neglected aspects of political and cultural history and the history of everyday life and mentalities in Eastern Europe from World War II to 2000. Starting with an essay on the shifting identities of ethnic minorities in the pre-war era, this volume traces the rise of communist rule, its ways of governing, and its crises and aftermath...read more

Product Description: What was the blueprint the Yugoslav/Serb communists had for a new Yugoslavia and how and to what extent were these concepts in the aftermath of the Second World War carried out in the Vojvodina? What can be stated about the theoretical guidelines of the internationalist population policy and which were the plans the rulers had in mind for the imprisoned Danube Swabians? What were the consequences of the "disappearance" of this German speaking minority on the one hand and the settlement with mostly Serbian sympathisers of the People's Liberation Front in the Vojvodina on the other? In which realms must the agrarian policy be considered a success and where did tensions occur in the dubious alliance between peasants and communists? And last but not least: How permanent was the socialist revolution in this area? These and other questions shall be answered...read more