Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945
“This connection between colonialism and National Socialism is particularly significant when considering the war and occupation in Eastern Europe. It underscores that the ideology and practices of German colonialism did not simply vanish but rather persisted and were reconfigured within the Nazi regime.”
Todzi, K.S. (2024) ‘Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945’, Contemporary European History, pp. 1–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777324000171.
Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945
“This connection between colonialism and National Socialism is particularly significant when considering the war and occupation in Eastern Europe. It underscores that the ideology and practices of German colonialism did not simply vanish but rather persisted and were reconfigured within the Nazi regime.”
Todzi, K.S. (2024) ‘Colonial Business in Postcolonial Germany: The Imperial Afterlives of C. Woermann, 1919–1945’, Contemporary European History, pp. 1–14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777324000171.
The overlooked revolutionary women of Eastern Europe and their contribution to socialist feminist history, from the author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism.
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I’m only a few chapters (but dozens of post its!) into Jacob Mikanowski’s Goodbye, Eastern Europe, but I can already tell this is an unprecedented book.
With ambitious breadth, it captures a history of Eastern Europe which national and imperial historical accounts have failed to do, mostly because of the transient nature of states and borders in the region.
Jacob’s own family history informs his storytelling but doesn’t stop there. He weaves together deeply researched insights I haven’t seen elsewhere. This book would have been transformative to my studies as an undergraduate writing about the unrecorded history of my own people and country.
I borrowed it from the library but will be buying my own copy so I can scribble in the margins.
I worry that the reason it’s not getting more widespread recognition is because so few in the West can appreciate its importance.