The Return of the Baltic Germans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9430927 |
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| Authors | E C Helmreich (Bowdoin College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1942 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 711-716 |
| Publication date | 1942-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1949981 |
| OpenAlex | W2321504686 |
| Language | EN |
There is little point to speculating at this time upon the historical significance of the resettlement of populations recently carried out in Europe. Yet the mechanics of a transfer of such magnitude are of interest, and a fairly adequate account can now be presented of the return of the Baltic Germans. On October 15, 1939, Estonia, and on October 30, 1939, Latvia, signed treaties regulating this translocation of presons of German nationality. No agreement was made with Lithuania where, after the loss of Memel, there remained only about 30,000 Germans, mostly peasants
Archaeology · Baltic sea · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · German · Immigration · Nationality · Political science · Geology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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