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Summary/Abstract: Weger, Tobias. ‘Volkstumskampf’ ohne Ende? Sudeten Organisationen 1945–1955 (Die Deutschen und das östliche Europa – Studien und Quellen, vol. 2). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2008, 639 pp. The reviewer situates this publication in the ever-stronger stream of criticism of national stereotypes and myths in the German Federal Republic, which has also affected the ideologizing historiography and journalism of Sudeten German provenance. With a profound theoretical grounding, the author of the volume under review thoroughly analyzes the continuity and discontinuity of Sudeten German interpretations of their own history, as well as key terms and ideas from the interwar nationalist zeal to the post-war establishment of Sudeten German institutions. In the second, longer part of the volume, he then, on the basis of a wide range of sources, describes in detail the emergence and fi rst ten years of the development of these organizations, critically analyzing various documents of their programmes. Because of its comprehensiveness, clear organization, and critical apparatus, Weger’s book also serves well as an encyclopaedia.

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