The German Lands and Eastern Europe: Essays on the History of Their Social, Cultural and Political Relations (Studies in Russia and East Europe)

The relationship between Germans and their non-German counterparts in Central and East Europe has been a fundamental feature of European History. The twelve essays in this volume address key aspects of this complex and multifaceted relationship which has been marked by friendship and cooperation as well as enmity and strife. The topics range from medieval peasant settlement to present-day relations between Germans and Poles. Central themes are national identity, the emergence and development of mixed communities and inter-cultural communication. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-10 The German Settlement in Central and Eastern Europe during the High Middle Ages....Pages 11-47 Cives Patriae: ‘German’ Burghers in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....Pages 48-71 German Specialists in Petrine Russia: Architects, Painters and Thespians....Pages 72-90 State-Sponsored Immigration into Eastern Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries....Pages 91-114 Herder’s Conception of Nationhood and its Influence in Eastern Europe....Pages 115-135 Westjuden: Germany and German Jews through East European Eyes....Pages 136-156 ‘Dearest Nicky...’: Monarchical Relations between Prussia, the German Empire and Russia during the Nineteenth Century....Pages 157-181 The Germans and Czech Statehood in the Twentieth Century....Pages 182-197 Invited but Unwanted? Migrants from the East in Germany, 1890–1990....Pages 198-216 Soldiers and War Criminals: The Ongoing Debate about the Wehrmacht in the Second World War....Pages 217-237 From Ethnic Cleansing to Ethnic Resurgence: The German Minority in Poland, 1945–95....Pages 238-259 One Thousand Years of Polish-German Camaraderie....Pages 260-275 Back Matter....Pages 276-288 The Relationship Between German Speakers, German States And Their Non-german Counterparts In Central And East Europe Has Been A Fundamental Feature Of European History. The Twelve Essays In This Volume Address Key Aspects Of This Complex And Multifaceted Relationship Which, In Different Times And Places, Has Been Marked By Friendship And Cooperation As Well As Enmity And Strife. 1. Introduction / Roger Bartlett And Karen Schonwalder -- 2. The German Settlement In Central And Eastern Europe During The High Middle Ages / Martyn Rady -- 3. Cives Patriae: 'german' Burghers In The Polish-lithuanian Commonwealth / Karin Friedrich -- 4. German Specialists In Petrine Russia: Architects, Painters And Thespians / Lindsey Hughes -- 5. State-sponsored Immigration Into Eastern Europe In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries / Roger Bartlett And Bruce Mitchell -- 6. Herder's Conception Of Nationhood And Its Influence In Eastern Europe / H. Barry Nisbet -- 7. Westjuden: Germany And German Jews Through East European Eyes / John D. Klier. Edited By Roger Bartlett And Karen Schönwälder. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. One of the major features of the social landscape of the new states of Eastern Europe and the former USSR is migration, whether voluntary or coerced. The decline of communism in both East and Central Europe and the fall of the Soviet empire have created new population and ethnic problems. The recent exodus has proved to be the largest migration wave reported in Europe in over 40 years. The problem of foreigners in Poland is a subject scarcely studied and insufficiently described. This groundbreaking work contains the latest data and results of research (quantitative as well as qualitative) on the movement of foreigners into Poland. The twelve essays in this volume address key aspects of the complex and multifaceted relationship between Germans and their non-German counterparts in Central and Eastern Europe, a relationship which has been marked by friendship and cooperation as well as enmity and strife. The essays analyze questions of ideology and national identity, mutual perception, immigration and emigration, cultural, social and economic policy, and the way these things have been represented both by those involved and in later historiography. "The relationship between German speakers, German states and their non-German counterparts in Central and East Europe has been a fundamental feature of European history. The twelve essays in this volume address key aspects of this complex and multifaceted relationship which, in different times and places, has been marked by friendship and cooperation as well as enmity and strife."--Jacket Focusing on the crucial relationship between education and civic culture, this text provides up-to-date coverage with translations of work by Finnish, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Czech and Russian specialists