Journal article icon

Journal article

Germans in Wrocław: “Ethnic minority” versus hybrid identity. Historical context and urban milieu

Abstract:

After 1945, German Breslau was transformed into Ur-Polish Wrocław at Stalin’s behest. Most of the remaining prewar population was expelled, and a stable population of a few hundred with German ethnic background is estimated to have lived in the city since then. This paper is based on qualitative analysis of 30 oral history interviews from among the self-defined German minority. It pays close attention to historical context, urban milieu, and salient narratives of identity as shaping forces, w...

Expand abstract
Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

Actions


Access Document


Authors


More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
Role:
Author
More from this funder
Grant:
“Sub-Cultures as Integrative Forces in East-Central Europe, c. 1900-present,” project number: CARWBV00 (University of Oxford, 2012–2016
Publisher:
Routledge Publisher's website
Journal:
Nationalities Papers Journal website
Publication date:
2017-03-10
Acceptance date:
2016-08-25
DOI:
EISSN:
1465-3923
ISSN:
0090-5992
Keywords:
Pubs id:
pubs:686639
UUID:
uuid:6b565978-333c-46a1-a264-e6370280b6b8
Local pid:
pubs:686639
Source identifiers:
686639
Deposit date:
2017-03-22

Terms of use


Views and Downloads






If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record

TO TOP