Seeking Peace in the Wake of War / edited by Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann, Sandrine Kott, Peter Romijn and Olivier Wieviorka.

• HerausgeberIn: Wieviorka, Olivier, 1960-; Romijn, Peter,; Kott, Sandrine,; Hoffmann, Stefan-Ludwig,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2015; 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

When World War II ended, Europe was in ruins. Yet politically and socially, the years between 1943 and 1947 were a time of dramatic reconfigurations that proved to be foundational for the making of today's Europe. This volume homes in on the crucial period from the beginning of the end of Nazi rule to the advent of the Cold War. It demonstrates how the everyday experiences of Europeans during these five years shaped the transition of their societies from war to peace. The essays explore these reconfigurations on different scales and levels with the purpose of enhancing our understanding of how wars end.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. In the Wake of War -- The `War Syndrome' World War II and Polish Society / Marcin Zaremba -- Germans into Allies Writing a Diary in 1945 / Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann -- Two Paths to the Same End? The Challenges of the Liberation in France and Italy / Julie Le Gac -- `Liberators and Patriots' Military Interim Rule and the Politics of Transition in the Netherlands, 1944-1945 / Peter Romijn -- 2. Reordering Communities -- The Latvian Orphans Released from the Siberian Special Settlements (1946-1947) The Story of an Unusual Rescue in the Post-War USSR / Juliette Denis -- Migration and Cleansing Building a New Society in the Czech Borderlands after 1945* / Matej Spurny -- To Stay or to Go? Reconfigurations of Jewish Life in Post-War Poland, 1944-1947 / Audrey Kichelewski -- Fighters Like No Others The Soviet Partisans in the Wake of War / Masha Cerovic -- 3. Organizing the Peace -- How the Soviet Empire Relied on Diversity Territorial Expansion and National Borders at the End of World War II in Ruthenia / Sabine Dullin -- Social Security and the End of the Second World War in France, the Netherlands and Belgium Social Peace, Organizational Power and the State / Dirk Luyten -- The Politics of Reconstruction Foreign Aid and State Authority in Greece, 1945-1947 / Polymeris Voglis -- Organizing World Peace The International Labour Organisation from the Second World War to the Cold War / Sandrine Kott.