Thanks of the Fatherland: German Veterans After the Second World War - Hardcover

James M. Diehl

9780807820773: Thanks of the Fatherland: German Veterans After the Second World War

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807820776 ISBN 13: 9780807820773

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 1993

An account of the problems facing German veterans after WWII and the ways in which they were addressed in the decade following Germany's defeat. The primary focus is on the major pieces of veterans' legislation passed in the early years of the German Federal Republic. Historical context is provided by the first two chapters and the conclusion, which compares and contrasts the fate of veterans and their sociopolitical impact on German society following the two world wars.

Originally published in 1993.

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Book Description:

"A very interesting and readable account of how former Nazi war veterans reacted to defeat in 1945, and successfully re-adjusted to life under the Federal German Republic."-- History Today (UK)

About the Author:

James M. Diehl, associate professor of history at Indiana University, is author of Paramilitary Politics in Weimar Germany.

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