The Struggle for the Files
The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives After the Second World War
by:
Astrid M. Eckert
ISBN:
0521880181
ISBN 13:
9780521880183
The Struggle for the Files
by
Astrid M. Eckert
This book traces the tangled history of German records captured by American and British troops in 1945 and the extended negotiations for their return into German custody.
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Complete description
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.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Cambridge University Press
City:
Cambridge
Pages:
444
More info:
height 228 mm
width 152 mm
weight 820 gr
thickness 29 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC23) 940.5314
Library of Congress Subject: Germany (West) - Foreign relations
Record updated at:
05 June, 2013
time:
18:38
Summary
The Struggle for the Files
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.
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