Beyond Expulsion
The Emergence of “Unwanted Elements” in the Postwar Czech Borderlands, 1945-1950
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12149478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Gerlach (0000-0003-1112-9881, St. Peter's College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-293 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | East European Politics and Societies and Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-3254 • E-ISSN: 1533-8371 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0888325409357439 |
| OpenAlex | W2110087391 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article examines how the complexities of the Sudeten German expulsion and resettlement of the former Sudetenland spawned the notion that certain groups of people were unreliable or suspicious and, therefore, unwanted inhabitants. The intolerance and suspicion that setters, local and central officials, and others voiced toward different groups and actions directly related to the expulsion of Germans. The rapid influx of new settlers in search of German property and social mobility had a destabilizing effect on the region as well. The category of unwanted elements changed over time and reflected not necessarily the arrival of particular people but the problems unleashed by expulsion and settlement. The emergence of this category demonstrates how ethnic cleansing affected not only the targeted ethnic group but also how that process transformed people and places. This article offers new insights into the increasing body of literature on this topic in Central and Eastern European history by expanding the focus beyond Czechs and Germans. By examining a range of different sources, it also demonstrates that local actors as much as central ones created and sustained repressive attitudes in the borderlands
Archaeology · Ethnic Cleansing · Ethnic group · Ethnology · German · Political economy · Political science · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Central European national history · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
State Violence – Violent Societies
A “Polyphony of Voices“? Czech Popular Opinion and the Slánský Affair
Repressive population transfers in central, eastern and South‐Eastern Europe
Most, the Town that Moved
Expulsion or Integration
The Politics of Ethnic Cleansing
Czechoslovakia in European History
Either German or Czech
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |