Collective Identities and Post-War Violence in Europe, 1944–48 : Reshaping the Nation 1st Edition Ota Konrád

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030783855
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030783853
• Author(s): Ota Konrád, Boris Barth, Jaromír Mrňka

This book analyses the process of ‘reshaping’ liberated societies in post-1945 Europe. Post-war societies tried to solve three main questions immediately after the dark times of occupation: Who could be considered a patriot and a valuable member of the respective national community? How could relations between men and women be (re-)established? How could the respective society strengthen national cohesion? Violence in rather different forms appeared to be a powerful tool for such a complex reshaping of societies. The chapters are based on present primary research about specific cases and consider the different political, mental, and cultural developments in various nation-states between 1944 and 1948. Examples from Italy, France, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary demonstrate a new comparative and fascinating picture of post-war Europe. This perspective overcomes the notorious East-West dividing line, without covering the manifold differences between individual European countries.

Table contents:

1. Reshaping the Nation: An Introduction to the Collective Identities and Post-war Violence in Europe, 1944–1948
2. Violence in the European Interregnum, 1944–1947
3. Gender, Ethnicity, and Multidirectional Violence in the Last Months of the German Rule in Lithuania: A Case Study of Local Force Battalions
4. Belarusian Nationalists and Nation-Building Efforts in the Twilight of World War II
5. Cleansing Greece of the Miasma of Its “Sudeten”: The Macedonian Slavs as an Unwanted Minority in the Aftermath of World War II
6. Purges, Patriotism, and Political Violence: The Danish Case 1944–1945
7. “The ‘Proton Pseudos’ of Our Life After May 1945”: Czech Protestants and the Expulsion of Sudeten Germans
8. Redefining National Identities Through Justice: A Comparative Analysis Between Italy and France
9. “Mentalities of War, Mentalities of Peace”: Capital Punishment in the Norwegian “Treason Trials”, 1941–1948
10. A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? The Post-war Treatment of the German Minority in Denmark
11. “Pure Christians” Versus “Working Citizens of the Democratic Era”: How the Claimants of Jewish Property Perceived Citizenship in Hungary
12. Concluding Observations

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