{"product_id":"national-cleansing-retribution-against-nazi-collaborators-in-postwar-czechoslovakia-paperback-9780521008969","title":"National Cleansing; Retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia (Paperback) 9780521008969","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNational Cleansing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRetribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNational Cleansing, first published in 2005, examines the prosecution of suspected war criminals in Czechoslovakia after World War II.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Frommer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521008969, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 6 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e410 pages, 11 b\/w illus.  1 map  6 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.3 x 2.6 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a brilliant study, exhaustively researched, and presented in a remarkably balanced way.  It is, beyond doubt, the seminal work on this subject.\" -Stanislav J. Kirschbaum, Austrian History Yearbook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNational Cleansing examines the prosecution of over one hundred thousand suspected war criminals and collaborators by Czech courts and tribunals after the Second World War. As the first comprehensive history of postwar Czech retribution, this 2005 book provides a new perspective on Czechoslovakia's transition from Nazi occupation to Stalinist rule in the turbulent decade from the Munich Pact of September 1938 to the Communist coup d'état of February 1948. Based on archival sources that remained inaccessible during the Cold War, National Cleansing demonstrates the central role of retribution in the postwar power struggle and the contemporary expulsion of the Sudeten Germans. In contrast to general histories of postwar Czechoslovakia, which portray retribution as little more than Communist-inspired political justice, this book illustrates that the prosecution of collaborators and war criminals represented a genuine, if flawed, attempt to confront the crimes of the past, including those committed by the Czechs themselves.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Wild retribution\u003cbr\u003e 2. The great decree\u003cbr\u003e 3. People's courts and popular justice\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'The disease of denunciation'\u003cbr\u003e 5. Offenses against national honor\u003cbr\u003e 6. Retribution and the transfer\u003cbr\u003e 7. The National Court\u003cbr\u003e 8. The road to February and beyond\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909211808024,"sku":"9780521008969","price":32.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521008969i_afa390b2-7887-42fb-9f62-3ecfd29db6c9.jpg?v=1691376597","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/national-cleansing-retribution-against-nazi-collaborators-in-postwar-czechoslovakia-paperback-9780521008969","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}