Description: What became of ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe in the Second World War? In recent years, their suffering, flight and expulsion during and after the war has gathered increasing critical attention. This book offers the first comprehensive account in English of 'expulsion literature' in West Germany from the early 1950s to present-day Germany.
Review Quotes: «In sum, Heimat, Loss and Identity provides an assessment of literature on flight and expulsion (and on the long-term effects of these events) that is both comprehensive and nuanced. Its only drawback--the scant attention to the situation in East Germany--is more than remedied by Niven's book.»
(Friederike Eigler, Monatshefte 3/2016)