Abstract: Following the German surrender in May 1945, many German minorities faced an existential crisis. Throughout Europe, the aggressive policies of the National Socialist government fell back upon local German-speakers. Most devastating were the consequences in East Central European countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia, whose remaining German populations were summarily deported. The experience of the small German minority of approximately 30,000 North Schleswigers offers an interesting comparative study. Their home country of Denmar...
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Economic history
Political economy