German Migrants in Post-War Britain

<p>Both timely and topical with 2005 marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War this unique book examines the little-known and under-researched area of German migration to Britain in the immediate post-war era. Authors Weber-Newth and Steinert analyze the political framework of post-war immigration and immigrant policy and the complex decision-making processes that led to large-scale labour migration from the continent. They consider:</p><p>* identity perception of self and others stereotypes and prejudice<br>* how migrants dealt with language and intercultural issues<br>* migrants' attitudes towards national socialist and contemporary Germany<br>* migrants' motivation for leaving Germany<br>* migrants' initial experiences and their reception in Britain after the war as recalled after 50 years in the host country compared to their original expectations.</p><p>Based on rich British and German governmental and non-governmental archive sources contemporary newspaper articles and nearly eighty biographically–oriented interviews with German migrants this outstanding volume a must-read for students and scholars in the fields of social history sociology and migration studies expertly encompasses political as well as social-historical questions and engages with the social economic and cultural situation of German immigrants to Britain from a life-historical perspective.</p>