Anticommunism in the Streets

Refugee Politics in Cold War Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID10074665
AuthorsAnna Holian (0009-0008-4466-3363, Arizona State University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume45
Issue1
Pages134-161
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022009409348073
OpenAlexW2122803144
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article examines anticommunism among Eastern European ‘displaced persons’ in early postwar Germany. It addresses a number of questions about anticommunism, displaced communities, and the development of the Cold War. It illuminates the central role that anticommunism played in the self-definition of displaced Eastern Europeans, providing a communal alibi for the predicament of displacement as well as a program for overcoming this predicament. It also contributes to the task of reconstructing the genealogy of anticommunism itself. In particular, it highlights the role that rightist political movements displaced from Eastern Europe played in shaping postwar politics

Alibi · Cold war · Displacement (psychology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law

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