The struggle for the files : the Western allies and the return of German archives after the Second World War /

The struggle for the files : the Western allies and the return of German archives after the Second World War /

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Author / Creator:Eckert, Astrid M.
Edition:1st English ed.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:xv, 427 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Publications of the German Historical Institute
Publications of the German Historical Institute.
Subject:
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Archives -- History.
Archives.
Diplomatic relations.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archives -- History.
Germany (West) -- Foreign relations.
Germany.
Germany (West)
Archives.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8743563
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ISBN:9780521880183 (hardback)
0521880181 (hardback)
Notes:First published 2004 as Kampf um die Akten: Die Westalliierten und die Rückgabe von deutschem Archivgut nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the German.
Summary:"When American and British troops swept through the German Reich in the spring of 1945, they confiscated a broad range of government papers and archives. These records were subsequently used in war crimes trials and published under Allied auspices to document the German road to war. In 1949, the West Germans asked for the documents' return, considering the request one of the benchmarks of their new state sovereignty. This book traces the tangled history of the captured German records and the extended negotiations for their return to German custody. Based on meticulous research in British, American, and German archives, The Struggle for the Files highlights an overlooked aspect of early West German diplomacy and international relations. All participants were aware that the files constituted historical material essential to write German history, and at stake was nothing less than the power to interpret the recent German past"--Provided by publisher.

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