Conciliation or Disappointment? Baltic German Reactions to Estonian and Latvian Recognition
Conciliation or Disappointment? Baltic German Reactions to Estonian and Latvian Recognition
Author(s): Heidi RifkSubject(s): Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: Baltic Germans; history of ethnic minorities; regional history; Baltic history; Estonia; Latvia;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to examine the perspective(s) of a small, but influential minority, the Baltic Germans, to the de jure recognition of the Estonian and Latvian nation-states by the United States of America in 1922. It outlines the Baltic Germans’ plans of how to govern the region after the Russian Revolution of 1917; the outcomes of the establishment of the national republics of Estonia and Latvia in relation to the German communities; and, the representation of de jure recognition by the US in the Baltic German press.
Journal: Acta Historica Tallinnensia
- Issue Year: 28/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 212-234
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English