Fragmented Fatherland : : Immigration and Cold War Conflict in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-1980 / / Alexander Clarkson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Clarkson, Alexander,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in German History ; 34
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)

1945 to 1980 marks an extensive period of mass migration of students, refugees, ex-soldiers, and workers from an extraordinarily wide range of countries to West Germany. Turkish, Kurdish, and Italian groups have been studied extensively, and while this book uses these groups as points of comparison, it focuses on ethnic communities of varying social structures—from Spain, Iran, Ukraine, Greece, Croatia, and Algeria—and examines the interaction between immigrant networks and West German state institutions as well as the ways in which patterns of cooperation and conflict differ. This study demonstrates how the social consequences of mass immigration became intertwined with the ideological battles of Cold War Germany and how the political life and popular movements within these immigrant communities played a crucial role in shaping West German society.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction New Neighbours, New Challenges Recognizing Diversity -- Chapter 1 Old Allies in a New World the Relationship between Émigrés and the German Political Establishment -- Chapter 2 Support or Suppress? Croatian Nationalists and the West German Security Services -- Chapter 3 ‘Subversive’ Immigrants and Social Democrats Shared Memories of a ‘Romantic’ Past -- Chapter 4 A Battle on Many Fronts Greek Immigrants and Political Violence -- Chapter 5 Both Losers and Winners? The Iranian Community and the Student Movement -- Conclusion Nation and Fragmentation Managing Diversity -- Bibliography -- Index