Memory, Politics, and Yugoslav Migrations to Postwar Germany is the illuminating story of one of Europe's largest and most significant postwar migrations, and simultaneously of how difference and belonging have been continuously redefined in postwar Germany. Bringing together the histories of Yugoslav Displaced Persons, asylum seekers, guest workers, and refugees, Molnar persuasively links the reception of Yugoslav migrants to West Germany's shifting relationship to the Nazi past and Communist east. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the history of Germany, the Cold War, or migration and refugee policies in Europe up to the present day.
~Tara Zahra, author of The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World
This is an excellent book, informative, rich in insights, and well written. It should be read by migration scholars as well as those interested in post-war Germany and in the emigration history of Yugoslavia.
~European History Quarterly
[O]utstanding....[A]n important and timely book that anyone interested in postwar Germany or migration in post-1945 Europe should seek out.
~Slavic Review
Molnar's study is a solidly researched, carefully argued, and persuasive contribution to both German history and the history of migration in postwar Europe.
~Central European History
