The
struggle for the files
the Western allies and the return of German archives after the Second World War
Kampf um die Akten <engl.>
Eckert, Astrid M.
1971-
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"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
Machine generated contents note: 1. The confiscation of German documents, 1944-9; 2. The first German calls for restitution; 3. The positions of the United States and Great Britain; 4. Negotiation marathon; 5. Ad fontes: the captured German documents and the writing of history; 6. Conclusion.
Astrid M. Eckert. Transl. by Dona Geyer
First published 2004 as Kampf um die Akten: Die Westalliierten und die Rückgabe von deutschem Archivgut nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385 - 416) and index
Translated from the German
World War, 1939-1945
Germany
Archives
History
Germany
History
1933-1945
Archives
History
Germany (West)
Foreign relations
Class of Spring 2011
Daimler Fellow
Fellow
Germany
Heer
Archives
Archives
Germany
History
20th century
D735.A1
940.53/14
027.043
940 970 020
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NQ 6030
ND 1450
NQ 6085
15.43
06.90
15.38
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Kampf um die Akten <engl.>
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