Orphans of Versailles: The Germans in Western Poland, 1918-1939 - Paperback

by Richard Blanke (Author)

The lands Germany ceded to Poland after World War I included more than one million ethnic Germans for whom the change meant a sharp reversal of roles. The Polish government now confronted a German minority in a region where power relationships had been the other way around for more than a century. Orphans of Versailles examines the complex psychological and political situation of Germans consigned to Poland, their treatment by the Polish government and society, their diverse strategies for surv

Author Biography

Richard Blanke is professor of history at the University of Maine.