Like Snow in the Sun?: The German Minority in Denmark in Historical Perspective

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Like Snow in the Sun?

The German Minority in Denmark in Historical Perspective

Edited by: Peter Thaler

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110682120

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About this book

This book analyzes the resiliency of the German community in southern Denmark in a period of national strife. It explores the experience of a small minority that was not primarily separated from its host society by visible markers of language, religion, or appearance but predominately derived its national distinction from personal self-identification. The study's findings demonstrate the significance of this community for a deeper understanding of collective identity formation.

Author / Editor information

Peter Thaler, University of Southern Denmark.

Reviews

"This compact but information-rich volume succeeds admirably in
accomplishing its editor’s goal of filling a gaping hole in the scholarship
about the complicated history of the Danish-German border region. [...] The volume is tightly organized and intellectually coherent, while the articles are
uniformly well-written and accessible to a broad audience, making them
well-suited to classroom use and offering a solid foundation for future
research into other, more humanistic and sociological inquiries into the
repercussions of political division and cultural hybridity as residents of
the border region have experienced and expressed them." Julie K. Allen in: Scandinavian Studies 3/2023

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Illustrations and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Bilingual Glossary of Place Names in North Schleswig/South Jutland Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Peter Thaler Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
1 Analyzing Schleswig An Introduction Peter Thaler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 A Community Takes Shape Germans in North Schleswig between the 1840s and 1914 Hans Schultz Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 To Remain a Schleswiger The Construction of Communal Identities in the Era of the Great War Ryan J. Gesme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4 Not a State of Their Own The German Minority 1920–1939 Henrik Becker-Christensen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
5 On War, Loyalty, and Reconciliation The German Minority during the Second World War and the Postwar Legal Reckoning Anika Seemann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6 Reconstruction—Consolidation—Equality The Organized Minority in the Postwar Decades Frank Lubowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7 Learning to Belong School, Language, and Identity in North Schleswig in the 1980s Michael Byram Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8 Minority in Transition The German Community in Denmark 1995–2020 Jørgen Kühl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 Between Openness and Authenticity The Current State of Linguistic Identity in the German Minority of North Schleswig Ruairidh Tarvet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
10 Like Snow in the Sun? A Conclusion Peter Thaler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in the field of 20th century history, minority studies, Danish and Scandinavian studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 231
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 31
- Tables: 3
Keywords: Schleswig; Holstein; Denmark; 20th century; minorities

eBook

Published: March 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110682120

Hardcover

Published: March 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783110681949