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Ve stínu říšské orlice : nacistická germanizační politika ve střední Evropě s přihlédnutím k vytváření vojenských záborů
| Title in English | In the shadow of the Reich eagle : Nazi Germanization policy in Central Europe taking into account migrations due to military zones |
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Studia historica Brunensia |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://journals.phil.muni.cz/studia-historica-brunensia/article/view/38892 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SHB2024-1-7 |
| Keywords | Germanization; Nazi Germany; forced migrations; 1938–1945; "Action Zamośc"; military training grounds; Eastern and Central Europe; Protectorate Böhmen und Mähren |
| Description | The paper is focused on the Nazi settlement policy in Central Europe during World War II, with a focus on the displacement of inhabitants due to the creation or expansion of military training grounds. Several of these relocations took place in occupied Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Poland and played a key role in Nazi Germanization policy. In addition to the state of existing research on the topic, the paper is focused on the delineating the basic contours of these plans, which were presented by the occupiers themselves primarily as military needs of the Reich. In fact, it was one of the few Germanization plans implemented, the main process of which was to take place after the victorious war. The paper will also attempt to compare the situation in neighbouring countries and thus arrive at new directions in which further research can be directed. The forced migration flows of Czechs and Polishes and the subsequent post-war displacement of German inhabitants from Central and Eastern Europe had a major impact on the shape of the old continent in the second half of the 20th century. The impact of these migrations can still be seen today. With this analogy, we can also observe how seemingly marginal migration processes can trigger large population movements in the dicta of a big giant, in this case the Nazi eagle. |
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