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East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook
"An extremely useful and much needed survey. Over eleven chapters, authors from eight countries cover the complex history of migration from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1993. Following in the footsteps of Klaus Bade’s Encyclopedia of European Migrations, the authors make extensive use of sources in national languages, while providing an extensive overview of population movements in the region between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas. The individual chapters shed light on phenomena overlooked in other volumes, including individual state reactions to various migratory phenomenon, and the political, economic, and ideological consequences of human movement. The chapters of this volume are uniform not only in their informative nature, but also in suggesting new pathways for in-depth research."

Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

"Eastern Europe is an emblematic space of mobility and its Cold War history cannot be told without considering migration from and into the countries of the region. This volume comes at a timely moment and provides a uniquely comprehensive account, full with useful information for further research. It will be a must-read both for migration studies scholars and for area specialists."

Ulf Brunnbauer, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany

"The Handbook is a gift to students of migration on three counts. It gathers the expertise of scholars fluent in the languages – and familiar with the archives – of Eastern and Central Europe. Thus it brings the multi-layered and complex histories of movement beyond the flat descriptor of "Soviet bloc" or Eastern European migrations. The Handbook is both rich and lucid, presenting in-depth materials on the European twentieth-century, on one hand, and organizing each chapter in a similar way, offering the reader transparently comparable histories. From Estonia south to Albania, and from the USSR west to the GDR, each chapter elucidates a complex migration history distinguished by national politics, ethnic composition, and economics – moving from the cataclysmic impacts of World War II to the international migrations and politics of Cold War movement, as well as the politics of Cold War emigrants themselves. Each chapter ends with an epilogue on post-1989 international migrations and a valuable addendum on published and archival sources. Finally, the Handbook models the kind of high quality work produced by international scholarly cooperation at its best."

Leslie Page Moch, Michigan State University

Table of contents

Introduction (Anna Mazurkiewicz)

Albania (Agata Domachowska)

Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Pauli Heikkilä)

Bulgaria (Detelina Dineva)

Czechoslovakia (Michael Cude and Ellen Paul)

Germany (Bethany Hicks)

Hungary (Katalin Kádár Lynn)

Poland (Sławomir Łukasiewicz)

Romania (Beatrice Scutaru)

Ukraine (Anna Fiń)

USSR (Alexey Antoshin)

Yugoslavia (Brigitte Le Normand)

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East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook
"An extremely useful and much needed survey. Over eleven chapters, authors from eight countries cover the complex history of migration from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1993. Following in the footsteps of Klaus Bade’s Encyclopedia of European Migrations, the authors make extensive use of sources in national languages, while providing an extensive overview of population movements in the region between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas. The individual chapters shed light on phenomena overlooked in other volumes, including individual state reactions to various migratory phenomenon, and the political, economic, and ideological consequences of human movement. The chapters of this volume are uniform not only in their informative nature, but also in suggesting new pathways for in-depth research."

Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

"Eastern Europe is an emblematic space of mobility and its Cold War history cannot be told without considering migration from and into the countries of the region. This volume comes at a timely moment and provides a uniquely comprehensive account, full with useful information for further research. It will be a must-read both for migration studies scholars and for area specialists."

Ulf Brunnbauer, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany

"The Handbook is a gift to students of migration on three counts. It gathers the expertise of scholars fluent in the languages – and familiar with the archives – of Eastern and Central Europe. Thus it brings the multi-layered and complex histories of movement beyond the flat descriptor of "Soviet bloc" or Eastern European migrations. The Handbook is both rich and lucid, presenting in-depth materials on the European twentieth-century, on one hand, and organizing each chapter in a similar way, offering the reader transparently comparable histories. From Estonia south to Albania, and from the USSR west to the GDR, each chapter elucidates a complex migration history distinguished by national politics, ethnic composition, and economics – moving from the cataclysmic impacts of World War II to the international migrations and politics of Cold War movement, as well as the politics of Cold War emigrants themselves. Each chapter ends with an epilogue on post-1989 international migrations and a valuable addendum on published and archival sources. Finally, the Handbook models the kind of high quality work produced by international scholarly cooperation at its best."

Leslie Page Moch, Michigan State University

Table of contents

Introduction (Anna Mazurkiewicz)

Albania (Agata Domachowska)

Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Pauli Heikkilä)

Bulgaria (Detelina Dineva)

Czechoslovakia (Michael Cude and Ellen Paul)

Germany (Bethany Hicks)

Hungary (Katalin Kádár Lynn)

Poland (Sławomir Łukasiewicz)

Romania (Beatrice Scutaru)

Ukraine (Anna Fiń)

USSR (Alexey Antoshin)

Yugoslavia (Brigitte Le Normand)

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East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook

East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook

by Anna Mazurkiewicz (Editor)
East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook

East Central European Migrations During the Cold War: A Handbook

by Anna Mazurkiewicz (Editor)

Overview

"An extremely useful and much needed survey. Over eleven chapters, authors from eight countries cover the complex history of migration from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe between 1945 and 1993. Following in the footsteps of Klaus Bade’s Encyclopedia of European Migrations, the authors make extensive use of sources in national languages, while providing an extensive overview of population movements in the region between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas. The individual chapters shed light on phenomena overlooked in other volumes, including individual state reactions to various migratory phenomenon, and the political, economic, and ideological consequences of human movement. The chapters of this volume are uniform not only in their informative nature, but also in suggesting new pathways for in-depth research."

Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

"Eastern Europe is an emblematic space of mobility and its Cold War history cannot be told without considering migration from and into the countries of the region. This volume comes at a timely moment and provides a uniquely comprehensive account, full with useful information for further research. It will be a must-read both for migration studies scholars and for area specialists."

Ulf Brunnbauer, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, Regensburg, Germany

"The Handbook is a gift to students of migration on three counts. It gathers the expertise of scholars fluent in the languages – and familiar with the archives – of Eastern and Central Europe. Thus it brings the multi-layered and complex histories of movement beyond the flat descriptor of "Soviet bloc" or Eastern European migrations. The Handbook is both rich and lucid, presenting in-depth materials on the European twentieth-century, on one hand, and organizing each chapter in a similar way, offering the reader transparently comparable histories. From Estonia south to Albania, and from the USSR west to the GDR, each chapter elucidates a complex migration history distinguished by national politics, ethnic composition, and economics – moving from the cataclysmic impacts of World War II to the international migrations and politics of Cold War movement, as well as the politics of Cold War emigrants themselves. Each chapter ends with an epilogue on post-1989 international migrations and a valuable addendum on published and archival sources. Finally, the Handbook models the kind of high quality work produced by international scholarly cooperation at its best."

Leslie Page Moch, Michigan State University

Table of contents

Introduction (Anna Mazurkiewicz)

Albania (Agata Domachowska)

Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Pauli Heikkilä)

Bulgaria (Detelina Dineva)

Czechoslovakia (Michael Cude and Ellen Paul)

Germany (Bethany Hicks)

Hungary (Katalin Kádár Lynn)

Poland (Sławomir Łukasiewicz)

Romania (Beatrice Scutaru)

Ukraine (Anna Fiń)

USSR (Alexey Antoshin)

Yugoslavia (Brigitte Le Normand)

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783110736830
Publisher: De Gruyter
Publication date: 12/07/2020
Series: De Gruyter Reference
Pages: 477
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdansk

Table of Contents

Tables & Charts xi

Introduction Anna Mazurkiewicz 1

1 Albania Agata Domachowska 9

1.1 Albanian migration in historical perspective 9

1.2 The aftermath of World War II 15

1.2.1 The political situation in Albania after World War II 17

1.3 Major migration streams from Albania during the Cold War 20

1.3.1 Albania's internal migration 23

1.3.2 The political activities of Albanian émigrés 25

1.3.3 Covert operations in Albania during the Cold War 37

1.4 Albanian migration since 1989 39

1.5 Archives and Literature 43

2 Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Pauli Heikkilä 45

2.1 Regional migrations in historical perspective 45

2.2 The aftermath of World War II 46

2.2.1 Balts as Displaced Persons 48

2.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War 52

2.4 Political activities in exile 53

2.4.1 The USSR and Baltic émigrés 58

2.4.2 Political cooperation among Baltic exiles 61

2.5 Migration since 1989 64

2.6 Archives and Literature 64

3 Bulgaria Detelina Dineva 68

3.1 Bulgarian migration in historical perspective 68

3.2 The aftermath of World War II 74

3.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War 78

3.3.1 Migration policy 78

3.3.2 Immigration 80

3.3.3 Emigration 82

3.3.4 Political emigration 83

3.3.5 The scope of Bulgarian migration and dominant settlement areas 84

3.4 Political activities in exile 88

3.4.1 The Bulgarian National Committee and the Bulgarian National Front 90

3.4.2 Unfulfilled hopes and disappointment 93

3.4.3 Bulgarian State Security and émigré organizations 95

3.5 Migration since 1989 96

3.6 Archives and Literature 97

4 Czechoslovakia Michael Cude Ellen Paul 101

4.1 Migrations in historical perspective 101

4.2 The aftermath of World War II 104

4.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War 105

4.3.1 Czech/Czechoslovak organizations 107

4.3.2 Slovak organizations 113

4.3.3 Sudeten Germans, Rusyns, Hungarians, and other ethnic minorities 116

4.4 Czech and Slovak political activities in exile 120

4.4.1 Early Cold War 120

4.4.2 Era of détente 127

4.5 Migration since 1989 132

4.6 Archives and Literature 133

5 Germany Bethany Hicks 136

5.1 German migration in historical perspective 136

5.2 The aftermath of World War II 138

5.2.1 Migration and mobility in occupied Germany, 1945-1949 138

5.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War 142

5.3.1 German migration before the Berlin Wall, 1949-1961 142

5.3.2 German migration after the Berlin Wall, 1961-1989 148

5.3.3 Migration and the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 151

5.4 Political activities in exile 160

5.5 Migration since 1989 - during and after unification 160

5.6 Archives and Literature 165

6 Hungary Katalin Kádár Lynn 168

6.1 Hungarian migration in historical perspective 168

6.1.1 The aftermath of World War II - the refugee crisis 169

6.1.2 Post-World War II Hungarian policy related to migration 171

6.2 Major migration streams 173

6.2.1 1944-1945: the "45-ers" 173

6.2.2 The 1947 exodus: the "47-ers" 175

6.2.3 The 56-ers: emigration after the Hungarian Revolution of 23 October 10 November 1956 177

6.3 Repatriation 177

6.3.1 Repatriating the Hungarian postwar exodus: 1945-1951 177

6.3.2 Repatriation after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution 180

6.4 Hungary's minorities; Motivations for emigration 181

6.4.1 Hungarian jews 181

6.4.2 The ethnic German minority 182

6.4.3 Hungary's Roma 183

6.4.4 Resettlement and Supporting Organizations 184

6.5 Political activities in exile 184

6.5.1 The 45-ers' organizations 184

6.5.2 The 47-ers' organizations 186

6.5.3 The 56-ers' organizations 187

6.5.4 Hungarian cooperation with other émigré political, cultural, artistic, and scientific groups 188

6.5.5 Infiltration: communist actions against émigré groups and leaders 188

6.6 Hungarian migration until 1989 190

6.7 Archives and Literature 191

7 Poland Slawomir Lukasiewicz 193

7.1 World War II and Polish migration 195

7.1.1 Evacuations and escapes 197

7.1.2 Population transfers by the Nazis 198

7.1.3 Population transfers by the Soviets 200

7.1.4 German expellees 201

7.1.5 Post-war returns and arrivals to Poland (Slawomir Lukasiewicz) 202

7.2 Major emigration streams, 1945-1989 204

7.2.1 Post-war standstill 204

7.2.2 Emigration of Jews from Polish People's Republic 205

7.2.3 The emigration of Germans from People's Poland 206

7.2.4 Repatriation campaigns and migrations after 1956 207

7.2.5 The 'Solidarity' period 209

7.2.6 Spatial distribution 212

7.3 Political activities in exile 218

7.3.1 The main political power structures 218

7.3.2 Social and political life in exile 222

7.3.3 The government-in-exile's international position 226

7.3.4 Political thought in exile 228

7.3.5 The People's Republic and the Polish diaspora 231

7.3.6 Interactions with the home country 234

7.4 Migration since 1989 237

7.5 Archives and Literature 238

8 Romania Beatrice Scutaru 243

8.1 Romanian migration in historical perspective 243

8.2 The aftermath of World War II 245

8.3 Major migration streams across "the nylon curtain" 246

8.3.1 Choosing freedom over security 247

8.3.2 Restricted freedom of movement 248

8.3.3 Migration streams: an overview 252

8.3.4 Who, how and where? 257

8.3.5 A new form of migration: international adoptions 265

8.4 Political activities in exile 268

8.4.1 Building a new life on the other side of the Iron Curtain 268

8.4.2 Political mobilization: between democratic tradition and anti-Communist fight 270

8.4.3 The mission to inform 274

8.4.4 Culture as resistance 277

8.5 Migration since 1989 279

8.6 Archives and Literature 282

9 Ukraine Anna Fin 286

9.1 Conditions and course of Ukrainian migration 289

9.2 The aftermath of World War il 291

9.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War. The third wave of Ukrainian emigration 293

9.4 Political activities in exile 301

9.4.1 Anti-Communist diaspora activity 307

9.4.2 Interethnic cooperation 316

9.5 Migration since 1989/1991 319

9.6 Archives and Literature 322

10 USSR Alexey Antoshin 326

10.1 Russian migrations in historical perspective 326

10.2 The aftermath of World War II 331

10.3 Major migration streams from the USSR during the Cold War 333

10.3.1 Repatriation and the 'Second Wave' of Soviet emigration 333

10.3.2 Emigration of Soviet Jews in the 1960s-1980s 341

10.3.3 Emigration of Soviet Germans 346

10.3.4 The "Free World" and the Émigré 348

10.4 Political activities in exile 356

10.5 Migration since 1991 362

10.6 Archives and Literature 362

11 Yugoslavia Brigitte Le Normand 368

11.1 Migrations in historical perspective 368

11.2 The aftermath of World War II 368

11.3 Major migration streams during the Cold War 370

11.3.1 1945-1954: Deciding who was in and who was out 370

11.3.2 1954-1990: Opening the borders 378

11.4 Political activities in exile 385

11.5 Migration since 1989 388

11.6 Archives and Literature 391

Selected Bibliography 396

Authors' Biographical Notes 426

Index 431

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