| New Perspectives on Austrians and World War II Contributor(s): Plasser, Fritz (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412808839 ISBN-13: 9781412808835 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: For more than a generation after World War II, many Austrians insisted that Austria was a victim of Nazi aggression in 1938 and therefore bore no responsibility for German war crimes. During the past twenty years, this myth has been revised to include a more complex view of the past-one with both Austrian perpetrators and victims. This volume richly illustrates this view. Gerhard Weinberg places the role of Austrians within the larger story of World War II. Oliver Rathkolb analyzes the postwar trajectory in the politics of memory of the Anschluss of 1938. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Europe - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 940.534 |
| LCCN: 2008051225 |
| Series: Contemporary Austrian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6" W x 9" (1.25 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For more than a generation after World War II, offi cial government doctrine and many Austrians insisted they had been victims of Nazi aggression in 1938 and, therefore, bore no responsibility for German war crimes. During the past twenty years this myth has been revised to include a more complex past, one with both Austrian perpetrators and victims. Part one describes soldiers from Austria who fought in the German Wehrmacht, a history only recently unearthed. Richard Germann covers units and theaters Austrian fought in, while Th omas Grischany demonstrates how well they fought. Ela Hornung looks at case studies of denunciation of fellow soldiers, while Barbara Stelzl-Marx analyzes Austrian soldiers who were active in resistance at the end of the war. Stefan Karner summarizes POW treatment on the Eastern front. Part two deals with the increasingly diffi cult life on the Austrian homefront. Fritz Keller takes a look at how Vienna survived growing food shortages. Ingrid Bhler takes a rare look at life in small-town Austria. Andrea Strutz analyzes narratives of Jewish refugees forced to leave for the United States. Peter Ruggenthaler and Philipp Lesiak examine the use of slave laborers. And Brigitte Kepplinger summarizes the Nazi euthanasia program. The third part deals with legacies of the war, particularly postwar restitution and memory issues. Based on new sources from Soviet archives, Nikita Petrov describes the Red Army liberation. Winfried Garscha analyzes postwar war crimes trials against Austrians. Brigitte Bailer-Galanda and Eva Blimlinger present a survey of postwar restitution of property. And Heidemarie Uhl deals with Austrian memories of the war. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bischof, Gunter: - GUnter Bischof is the Marshall Plan Professor of History and director of CenterAustria at the University of New Orleans.Plasser, Fritz: - Fritz Plasser is professor of political science and dean of the faculty of political science and sociology at the University of Innsbruck. Stelzl-Marx, Barbara: -Barbara Stelzl-Marx is an APART-fellow with the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the deputy director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fUr Kriegsfolgen-Forschung in Graz. Bischof, Gunter: -GUnter Bischof is the Marshall Plan Professor of History and director of Center Austria at the University of New Orleans. |