German-Balkan Entangled Histories in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]

This volume brings together a diverse group of scholars from North America and Europe to explore the history and memory of Germany’s fateful push for power in the Balkans during the era of the two world wars and the long postwar period. Each chapter focuses on one or more of four interrelated themes: war, empire, (forced) migration, and memory. The first section, “War and Empire in the Balkans,” explores Germany’s quest for empire in Southeast Europe during the first half of the century, a goal that was pursued by economic and military means. The book’s second section, “Aftershocks and Memories of War,” focuses on entangled German-Balkan histories that were shaped by, or a direct legacy of, Germany’s exceptionally destructive push for power in Southeast Europe during World War II.German-Balkan Entangled Histories in the Twentieth Centuryexpands and enriches the neglected topic of Germany’s continued entanglements with the Balkans in the era of the world wars, the Cold War, and today.“This work brings to light an important chapter in Germany’s Destructive drive for power in the first half of the twentieth century while highlighting the ways that ethnic Germans from the Balkans and West Germany came to terms with this tragic history in the postwar period. . . . Zakić and Molnar have successfully woven together a diverse range of research topics and themes in such a way that the individual contributions both stand alone and link together seamlessly.” —German Studies Review"This rich and insightful collection of articles ranges from the First World War to our own times, and covers re-settlements voluntary and forced across multiple borders; questions of collective guilt and trauma; trade relations and memorials, and features a riveting cast of actors, including linguistic minorities, emigre activists, racial anthropologists, propagandists, military occupiers, andlS�