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Author Pritchard, Gareth

Title Niemandsland : a history of unoccupied Germany, 1944-45 / Gareth Pritchard
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : maps
Contents The antifascist committees -- Conflict communities of the western Erzgebirge -- Into the abyss: March-April 1945 -- Taking power in Niemandsland -- Surviving in Niemandsland -- The politics of antifascist rule -- Antifascists and the wider population -- The politics of Soviet occupation -- Lessons of Niemandsland
Summary "Niemandsland is the untold story of the largest and most enduring of the unoccupied enclaves that survived after Germany's invasion and occupation by Allied forces in 1945. Sandwiched between American and Red Army lines, the 500,000 inhabitants were cut off from the outside world and left to fend for themselves in the face of crippling shortages of food, fuel and housing. Gareth Pritchard charts how groups of Communists, Socialists and antifascists came together to form 'antifascist' committees which seized power and set about restoring order, ensuring the supply of food and essential services and hunting down, disarming and arresting fugitive Nazis. This is not only a fascinating history in its own right but it also sheds important new light on the fate of Germany after 1945. Only in Niemandsland do we see what happened when the currents of post-Nazi German politics were allowed to flow freely, unimpeded by Allied intervention"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2019)
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Germany
Anti-fascist movements -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Vigilance committees -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Community policing -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Crime prevention -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Anti-fascist movements
Community policing
Crime prevention
Social aspects
Vigilance committees
SUBJECT Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany) -- History -- 20th century
Subject Europe -- Erzgebirge
Germany
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011037167
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