Denazification in Soviet-occupied Germany : Brandenburg, 1945-1948

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Label

Denazification in Soviet-occupied Germany : Brandenburg, 1945-1948

Title remainder

Brandenburg, 1945-1948

Statement of responsibility

Timothy R. Vogt

Creator

• Vogt, Timothy R., 1958-

Subject

• Denazification
• Germany (East) -- Politics and government
• History
• Military government -- Germany | Brandenburg -- History -- 20th century
• Soviet Union -- Armed Forces -- Germany | Brandenburg
• Brandenburg (Germany : State) -- Politics and government

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

"In his study of Brandenburg, Germany, Timothy Vogt directly challenges both the "antifascist" paradigm employed by East German historians and the "sovietization" interpretive model that has dominated western studies. He argues that Soviet denazification was neither an effective purge of society nor part of a methodical sovietization of the eastern zone. Instead, in a detailed study, denazification is pictured as a failure, which fell short of its goals and was eventually abandoned by the frustrated Soviet and German leadership." "The case example of Brandenburg is an effective means of putting flesh and blood into the study and giving the reader insight into both broader developments and the human actors who propelled events. The result is an analysis that is based not simply on policymakers and their policies, but rather on how policy was continuously reformulated in response to developments at the local level." "The study encompasses significant aspects of contemporary European history: everyday life in Nazi Germany, Germany's postwar coming to terms with its Nazi past, the Cold War division of Germany, postwar Soviet policy, and the construction of a one-party communist system in Eastern Europe."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Harvard historical studies, v. 137

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.53/144/094315

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DD801.B688

LC item number

V64 2000

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Harvard historical studies

Series volume

137