
Der Ostmark treue Alpensöhne
Die Integration der Österreicher in die großdeutsche Wehrmacht, 1938-45
Thomas R. Grischany(Autor*in)
Brill Deutschland (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 28. Januar 2015
Buch
Hardcover
327 Seiten
978-3-8471-0377-6 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
During World War II, approximately 1.3 million Austrian men fought in the German Wehrmacht, as loyal soldiers of the Greater German Reich to the very end, despite having traditions and characteristics clearly distinguishable from their comrades-in-arms.Based on archival sources and interviews with former veterans, this study examines the factors which made such a remarkable integration possible by retelling World War II from the Austrian soldiers' perspective. It identifies a broad spectrum of factors which contributed to their successful continuous assimilation in the Wehrmacht, such as the particularities of the specific war itself, aspects of German nationalism, the positive portrayal of Austrians as members of the Greater German community, the binding nature of such intense shared experiences, and the simple fact that by the end of the war, the vast majority of soldiers were youths socialized under the Third Reich.
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Thesis
Dissertationsschrift
2007
University of Chicago
Sprache
Deutsch
Verlagsort
Göttingen
Deutschland
Verlagsgruppe
V&R unipress
Maße
Höhe: 23.7 cm
Breite: 16 cm
Dicke: 2.2 cm
Gewicht
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8471-0377-6 (9783847103776)
DOI
10.14220/9783847103776
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Autor*in
Dr. Thomas R. Grischany ist als Historiker tätig und lehrt derzeit an der Webster University Vienna.
ISNI: 0000 0004 4925 3279
ISNI: 0000 0004 4925 3279