Migration, Dictatorship, and Identity in Twentieth-Century Europe

Martyn Housden is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Bradford, in the UK. Specializing in the history of refugees, Baltic Germans, and of Central and Eastern Europe, he is a member of the Baltic Historical Commission. His publications include: Helmut Nicolai and Nazi Ideology (St. Martin’s Press, 1992); Hans Frank. Lebensraum and The Holocaust (Palgrave Macmillan 2003); and On their own Behalf. Ewald Ammende, Europe's National Minorities and the Campaign for Cultural Autonomy 1920-1936 (Rodopi/Brill 2014).

“This is a fascinating book on two Baltic German writers from the early to mid-twentieth century, [which] represents a pioneering attempt in English to introduce Bergengruen and von Vegesack.” • James Koranyi, Durham University

• Preface and AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Restless LivesChapter 2. The Small World Seen from the Tower: Siegfried von Vegesack’s Move to the Bavarian ForestChapter 3. Representing MulticulturalityChapter 4. Living with Nazism: Siegfried von VegesackChapter 5. Living with Nazism: Werner BergengruenChapter 6. Werner Bergengruen as Literary Resister to Hitler?Chapter 7. A Different Kind of Colonialism: Siegfried von Vegesack in Latin America, 1936–38Chapter 8. Justice and GuiltChapter 9. Was a New Start Possible for Two Ageing Authors?ConclusionBibliographyIndex