ISBN:
9781788746885
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 414 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Transnational cultures volume 2
Series Statement:
Transnational cultures
Uniform Title:
Kinder der Befreiung
DDC:
305.896043
Keywords:
Blacks History 20th century
;
Blacks Race identity 20th century
;
History
;
African American soldiers History 20th century
;
African Americans Relations with Germans 20th century
;
History
;
Blacks Interviews
;
Germany Race relations 20th century
;
Germany History 1945-
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Deutschland
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1949-1990
;
Deutschland
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1990-2015
;
Deutschland
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1949-1990
;
Deutschland
;
Schwarze
;
Geschichte 1990-2015
Abstract:
"This volume was originally published in German in 2015, commemorating the end of World War Two seventy years earlier, and acknowledging the contribution of African American soldiers to Germany's liberation from fascist rule. In an interdisciplinary approach it collects the voices of some of the descendants of these World War Two heroes. Black Germans of this post-war generation relate and analyse their experiences from various perspectives. Historical, political and research analyses, as well as life stories, interviews and literary texts, form a kaleidoscope through which a new perspective on an almost forgotten part of German history and U.S. American-German relationships is conveyed. Causes and consequences of racism in the past and in the present, are explored and strategies for achieving positive changes are developed."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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