Rachel O'Sullivan

Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule (eBook, PDF)

Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines Nazi Germany's expansion, population management and establishment of a racially stratified society within the Reichsgaue (Reich Districts) of Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia in annexed Poland (1939-1945) through a colonial lens. The topic of the Holocaust has thus far dominated the scholarly debate on the relevance of colonialism for our understanding of the Nazi regime. However, as opposed to solely concentrating on violence to investigate whether the Holocaust can be located within wider colonial frameworks, Rachel O'Sullivan utilizes a broader approach by investigating other aspects, such as discourses and fantasies related to expansion, settlement, 'civilising missions' and Germanisation, which were also intrinsic to Nazi Germany's rule in Poland.

The resettlement of the ethnic Germans-individuals of German descent who lived in Eastern Europe until the outbreak of the Second World War-forms a main focal point for this study's analysis and investigation of colonial comparisons. The ethnic German resettlement in the Reichsgaue laid the foundations for the establishment and enforcement of German society and culture, while simultaneously intensifying the efforts to control Poles and remove Jews. Through this case study, O'Sullivan explores Nazi Germany's dual usage of inclusionary policies, which attempted to culturally and linguistically integrate ethnic Germans and certain Poles into German society, and the contrasting exclusionary policies, which sought to rid annexed Poland of 'undesirable' population groups through segregation, deportation and murder. The book compares these policies - and the tactics used to implement them - to colonial and settler colonial methods of assimilation, subjugation and violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350377240
• Artikelnr.: 69185054

Autorenporträt

Rachel O'Sullivan is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Holocaust Studies, Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Looking West? Looking East? 1. 'A Bigger Germany, It
Shall Be!' Germany's Colonial Past in Africa and Poland Part II: The
Annexation of Poland and the Restructuring of Society 2. 'Our Children Will
Have It Better than We Do!' Societal Stratification and Assimilation in
Poland 3. A German Task: The Reich German Mission 4. Effacing Difference
and the Settler Colonial Model Part III: Aligning Overseas and Continental
Colonial Aims during the Third Reich 5. 'To Colonise Is to Cultivate':
Colonial Overlaps between Africa and Poland 6. Conclusion Bibliography
Index