Astrid M. Eckert: The Struggle for the Files

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Cover: 9781107629202 | The Struggle for the Files | Astrid M. Eckert | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

When American and British troops swept through the German Reich in the spring of 1945, they confiscated a broad range of government papers and archives. These records were subsequently used in war crimes trials and published under Allied auspices to document the German road to war. In 1949, the West Germans asked for their return, considering the request one of the benchmarks of their new state sovereignty. This book traces the tangled history of the captured German records and the extended negotiations for their return into German custody. Based on meticulous research in British, American and German archives, The Struggle for the Files highlights an overlooked aspect of early West German diplomacy and international relations. All participants were aware that the files constituted historical material essential to write German history and at stake was nothing less than the power to interpret the recent German past.

Über den Autor

Astrid M. Eckert is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Emory University. Eckert's dissertation on the history of the captured German records, which forms the basis of this book, won the Hedwig Hintze Prize from the German Historical Association and the Friedrich Meinecke Award from the History Department of Free University Berlin. Her work has been supported by grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the German National Academic Foundation, the Fox International Fellowships at Yale, and the American Academy Berlin. She has published articles in Central European History, Studies in Contemporary History and Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte.

Zusammenfassung

When American and British troops swept through the German Reich in the spring of 1945, they confiscated government papers and archives, records which were subsequently used in war crimes trials. In 1949, the West Germans asked for their return, and this book traces the tangled history of the captured German records.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The confiscation of German documents, 1944-9; 2. The first German calls for restitution; 3. The positions of the United States and Great Britain; 4. Negotiation marathon; 5. Ad fontes: the captured German documents and the writing of history; 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	444
ISBN-13:	9781107629202
ISBN-10:	1107629209
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Eckert, Astrid M.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Maße:	229 x 152 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Astrid M. Eckert
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.09.2013
Gewicht:	0,716 kg

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