The Polish-German Borderlands: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in World History)

218 Pages·1994·8.6 MB·English

by  Barbara Paul

THE
POLISH-GERMAN
BORDERLANDS
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THE
POLISH-GERMAN
BORDERLANDS
An Annotated Bibliography
COMPILED BY
Barbara Dotts Paul
Bibliographies and Indexes
in World History, Number 35
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Paul, Barbara Dotts.
The Polish-German borderlands : an annotated bibliography /
compiled by Barbara Dotts Paul.
p. cm.—(Bibliographies and indexes in world history, ISSN 0742-6852 ;
no. 35)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-313-29162-4 (alk. paper)
1. Western and Northern Territories (Poland)—History—
Bibliography. 2. Poland—Foreign relations—Germany—Bibliography.
3. Germany—Foreign relations—Poland—Bibliography. I. Title.
II. Series.
Z2527.W42P38 1994
[DK4600.0335]
016.327438043—dc20 94-13054
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 1994 by Barbara Dotts Paul
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-13054
ISBN: 0-313-29162-4
ISSN: 0742-6852
First published in 1994
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Focus of the Bibliography ix
Names for the Region x
Uneasy Relations xi
1. Primary Sources 1
Guides to Primary Sources 1
Primary Sources for Materials on the Borderlands 2
Bibliographies 6
Fiction Sources 10
Film Sources 12
2. The Borderlands before 1914 12
Early Histories and Travelers' Accounts 15
Historical Studies on the Pre-1914 Period 24
3. World War I Era through 1921 39
The War and the Versailles Peace Conference 39
Upper Silesian Plebiscite 50
4. Interwar Period 55
Danzig, Pomerania, and the Polish Corridor 55
Polish-German Relations and Silesia 68
VI Contents
5. World Warn Period 85
Wartime Publications 85
First Person Accounts 94
Historical Studies 102
6. Postwar Developments 109
Publications to 1970 109+
Post-1970 Publications and Historical Studies 134
7. Fiction 143
8. Films and Other Media 151
Films 151
Other Media 159
Author Index 161
Title Index 175
Subject Index 195
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
My interest in the borderlands between Germany and Poland developed with
my reading about the Germans who were expelled from there after World War
II, and with my learning that many Polish ancestors of the residents of the
county where I live, Portage County, Wisconsin, originally came from eastern
Pomerania in the late nineteenth century. The Poles immigrated to the United
States to seek new opportunities and to escape the germanization that was being
forced on them by their Prussian rulers.
In compiling the bibliography I have had help from the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point and my colleagues at the University Library. A se
mester's sabbatical leave enabled me to spend full-time gathering materials and
a research grant gave me travel funds. I also was able to spend a summer week
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Summer Research
Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe, with the help of a housing grant.
I particularly want to thank the staffs of libraries around the country for the
care and nurturing they've given their respective collections. Many of the items
IVe cited are only a few pages long and of specialized interest. Nevertheless,
the items wait patiently, in order, on library shelves for a patron to come along.
Particular thanks goes to the libraries that I visited, including New York Public
Library, Milwaukee Public Library, Madison Public Library, and the libraries of
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Kansas,
University of Minnesota, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Thanks also to Jay for typing, indexing, and dog-sitting, Ellen for researching
and Taize, Becky for a sympathetic ear and flowers, and Justus for a life-time of
support that makes it fun.
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INTRODUCTION
The borderlands between the nations of Germany and Poland have captured the
interest of politicians, scholars, and natives for years. In the north they lie
between the mouths of two rivers, the Oder and the Vistula. In the south the
borderlands lie between two imaginary parallel lines traced to the Czech
border. This is the geographic area where Poles and Germans have intermin
gled for centuries. Rulers, names, and population percentages have changed,
but the people continue to live side by side, sometimes in cooperation and
sometimes in animosity.
The reunification of Germany, the collapse of Poland's communist government,
and the realization that the Soviets would no longer militarily defend the Polish
border have renewed interest in the borderlands. Poles worry that Germany's
acceptance of the Oder-Neisse boundary will cease. Other countries in Europe
watch the diplomatic juggling with concern because the region has already
triggered one war this century.
FOCUS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
The bibliography brings together English language materials that will be useful
for students, teachers, and scholars wishing to examine all aspects of the
borderlands. It includes travelers' stories, historical and geographic surveys,
government reports, polemic literature of all sorts, personal accounts of daily
life, regional fiction, and films. It also includes journal articles from scholarly
periodicals, while omitting the numerous short articles that have appeared over
the years in popular magazines and newspapers.