Suchergebnisse

The postscript reports on the conference and comments on what the papers and audience participation tell us about the state of the field and Poland's struggle to come to terms with its past.

This article considers the postwar Czechoslovak regime's attempt to employ the courts to gain political legitimacy. In particular, it examines four retribution trials of prominent Czech collaborators and German Nazis and the role these cases played in the development of the contemporary power struggle. The article argues that the postwar regime's manipulation of the judicial system for political ends was fraught with contradictions and ultimately met with only limited success.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. Boundary Crossings and the Evolution of German Identity -- 2. Privileged Victims -- 3. Sporadically Mixed -- 4. Being Mixed and Showing It -- Part 2 -- 5. Memory and Asymmetry in Russian-Estonian Intermarriages in Estonia during Late Socialism -- 6. Maintaining, Dissolving, and Remaking Group Boundaries through Marriage -- 7. The Dynamics of Interethnic Marriage in the Aftermath of the Osh Conflict, Ferghana Valley -- 8. Of Intermarriage, "Hats," and Identity in Georgia -- Part 3 -- 9. Wedding the "Enemy" -- 10. Choices Made in Times of Rising Nationalism and National Socialism -- 11. Divided Spouses -- Contributors -- Index.

Abstract
István Deák was a gifted teacher of undergraduates as well as graduate students. In this essay, two Columbia College alumni who were inspired to become historians because they took classes with István as undergraduates remember his inspiring presence in the classroom.