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the year that changed everything in Lithuania's history

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An edition of 1939 (2010)

1939

the year that changed everything in Lithuania's history

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"This gripping and well-documented account of the history of the town of Vilnius and its surrounding region from the Polish ultimatum of March 1938, which forced Lithuania to open diplomatic relations with Poland, to the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union in June 1940 is set against the evolution of Lithuania's relations with her neighbours during this crucial period. It is a major contribution to the outbreak of war in September 1939 and the subsequent evolution of Nazi Soviet relations. Prof. Liekis presents a remarkable history based on archival sources never before utilized in any English-language study. In revealing the geopolitical, ideological, economic, social and ethnic dimensions of an immense tragedy in the heart of Europe, the author provides a new perspective on the unraveling of a society and nation during the initial days of World War II as prelude to the most violent period in European history."--Publisher's description.

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Rodopi
Language
English
Pages
386

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Subjects

Politics and government, Jews, Ethnic relations, History, Jews, lithuania, Lithuania, history, Lithuania, politics and government, Europe, ethnic relations, Foreign relations, Economics

Places

Lithuania, Vilnius, Vilnius (Lithuania)

Times

20th century, 1918-1945
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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. THE INTERWAR LITHUANIAN REPUBLIC - BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT: History
Economic dimension
Political dimension
Social dimension
Defence potential: the main parameters
The determinants of mobilisation
Lithuania
Germany
The USSR
Poland
CHAPTER 2. A DEVELOPING CRISIS: Memel
Politics in the Klaipeda District
Flotten parade
The Vydunas Affair: a German-Lithuanian cultural stand-off
The beginning of the end: a creeping takeover
The distant victory: rallying the forces
Plans and reality
Embraced by Nazi Germany
CHAPTER 3. A NEW FOCUS: International politics and the shift into the Soviet sphere of influence
The Soviet takeover of Vilnius
The takeover of Vilnius by Lithuania
The mobilisation
The march on Vilnius
The social situation
The economic situation
Political crimes
The Suwalki Triangle
CHAPTER 4. THE POLISH AND JEWISH QUESTIONS AND THE NEW AUTHORITIES: How did the Suwalki Jewish crisis start?
The new old Polish question in Lithuania
The Catholic Church and the Polish question in Vilnius
The concordat with the Vatican and its application in the Vilnius area
Possible solutions to the Vilnius issue
Drifting into Soviet hands
The Patterns of anti-Jewish violence prior to 1939: the Lithuanian case
Jewish-Polish relations facing the Lithuanian Administration in Vilnius, 1939-1940
The failure to revive the Vilnius Jewish community in 1939
CHAPTER 5. THE END OF THE REPUBLIC: Growing tensions
The Lithuanian Army and its readiness for conflict
The beginning of the end.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 373-381) and index.

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Amsterdam, New York, NY
Series
On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom and moral imagination in the Baltics -- 20, On the boundary of two worlds -- 20.
Other Titles
Ninteen thirty-nine :, Year that changed everything in Lithuania's history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
947.9
Library of Congress
DK505.93 .L54 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 386 p.
Number of pages
386

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27096625M
ISBN 10
9042027622, 9042027630
ISBN 13
9789042027626, 9789042027633
LCCN
2010294747
OCLC/WorldCat
497573718

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19912025W

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