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The Struggle for the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives after the Second World War de Astrid M. Eckert

The Struggle for the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives after the Second World War: Publications of the German Historical Institute

Autor Astrid M. Eckert
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 feb 2014
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107629202
ISBN-10: 1107629209
Pagini: 444
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Publications of the German Historical Institute

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

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.

Recenzii

'Eckert's book does far more than trace the wartime and postwar fate of German archival records. It manages to incorporate a detailed and impeccably researched treatment of 'ownership' with a broader discussion of the international debate about the path of German history and the future of Germany. This issue interests a much wider audience within the field of German history and within the discipline of history as a whole. The other characteristic of this work that deserves emphasis is its transnational character. Eckert is so well versed in the history of Germany, Britain, and the United States that she can carry off a narrative of their interaction in the postwar period with success and with verve.' Richard Breitman, Distinguished Professor, American University
'The Struggle for the Files is an essential read for historians of Germany and the twentieth-century Atlantic world. Astrid Eckert provides a masterful, even riveting, account of the tangled odyssey of captured German archives after World War II - from the Allied confiscation and exploitation of Nazi-era records to the contentious return of the records to West Germany in the 1950s and after. At the same time she weaves her narrative within broader questions concerning the Allies' unprecedented archival guardianship. Partly these were immediate matters, ranging from the political and cultural sovereignty of a recent enemy-turned-ally to the use of wartime German records for Cold War intelligence. But they also concern the larger, more crucial, and most enduring postwar question of who would serve as the custodian and arbiter of Germany's catastrophic recent history.' Norman J. W. Goda, author of Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War
'Who knew you could write a thriller about archival transfer? This is a real page-turner, offering an exciting international tale of Cold War relations, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, and the writing of German history. Eckert's mastery of the archives - as well as the archival politics - of three nations is remarkable.' Mark Roseman, Professor of History and Pat M. Glazer Chair of Jewish Studies, Indiana University
'This is the book we have long needed. In no period of history has a study of the fate of the archives and public records of a nation defeated in war been more important than in the case of Nazi Germany. Astrid M. Eckert has created a splendid account of the postwar saga of the German records, and of their international importance through the long decades of the Cold War. Based on imaginative prodigious research and shrewd and judicious analyses, and written in a cogent and compelling narrative style, Professor Eckert's command of both the sources and the subject is complete. This is an important, and indeed essential, work of historical scholarship.' Charles W. Sydnor, Jr, Emory and Henry College, Virginia
'… riveting reading.' The Times Literary Supplement
'… the author brilliantly recounts cooperative achievements and internal squabbles among scholars across the national boundaries. The book's translation, provided by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, is excellent.' Diethelm Prowe, The Journal of Modern History

Descriere

This book traces the history of German records captured by American and British troops in 1945 and the negotiations for their return into German custody.

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