The struggle for the files the Western allies and the return of German archives after the Second World War

"When American and British troops swept through the German Reich in the spring of 1945, they confiscated a broad range of government papers and archives. These records were subsequently used in war crimes trials and published under Allied auspices to document the German road to war. In 1949, th...

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Autor principal: Eckert, Astrid M. (-)
Otros Autores: Geyer, Dona
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : New York : German Historical Institute ; Cambridge University Press 2012
Edición:1st English ed
Colección:Publications of the German Historical Institute
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The confiscation of German documents, 1944-9; 2. The first German calls for restitution; 3. The positions of the United States and Great Britain; 4. Negotiation marathon; 5. Ad fontes: the captured German documents and the writing of history; 6. Conclusion.