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Author Pritchard, Gareth.

Title Niemandsland : a history of unoccupied Germany, 1944-45 / Gareth Pritchard.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) : maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Niemandsland is the untold story of the largest and most enduring of the unoccupied enclaves that survived after Germany's invasion and occupation by Allied forces in 1945. Sandwiched between American and Red Army lines, the 500,000 inhabitants were cut off from the outside world and left to fend for themselves in the face of crippling shortages of food, fuel and housing. Gareth Pritchard charts how groups of Communists, Socialists and antifascists came together to form 'antifascist' committees which seized power and set about restoring order, ensuring the supply of food and essential services and hunting down, disarming and arresting fugitive Nazis. This is not only a fascinating history in its own right but it also sheds important new light on the fate of Germany after 1945. Only in Niemandsland do we see what happened when the currents of post-Nazi German politics were allowed to flow freely, unimpeded by Allied intervention"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The antifascist committees -- Conflict communities of the western Erzgebirge -- Into the abyss: March-April 1945 -- Taking power in Niemandsland -- Surviving in Niemandsland -- The politics of antifascist rule -- Antifascists and the wider population -- The politics of Soviet occupation -- Lessons of Niemandsland.
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Subject World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Germany.
Anti-fascist movements -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Anti-fascist movements.
Vigilance committees -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Vigilance committees.
Community policing -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Community policing.
Crime prevention -- Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany)
Crime prevention.
Erzgebirge (Czech Republic and Germany) -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Pritchard, Gareth. Niemandsland. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2012 9781107013506 (DLC) 2011037167 (OCoLC)753351011
ISBN 9781139336864 (electronic book)
113933686X (electronic book)
9781139004220 (electronic book)
1139004220 (electronic book)
9781107013506
110701350X