Allied Internment Camps in Occupied Germany

Andrew H. Beattie is Senior Lecturer in German and European Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. An authority on the politics of history and memory in Germany, he is the author of Playing Politics with History: The Bundestag Inquiries into East Germany (2008).

• Introduction; 1. 'It will be desirable on political grounds': the development of internment policy, 1943–1946; 2. 'Not consistent with civil liberties': internment in practice, 1945–1950; 3. Internees: the 'worst Nazis' or a 'colourful assortment'?; 4. Internment camps: 'the main task of the camp is the complete isolation' of the detainees; Conclusion;

'This book is a clear and detailed account of the internment by the Allies of more than 400,000 Germans after the Second World War. Building upon impressive research, Andrew H. Beattie corrects commonly-held assumptions about the contrasts between Soviet camps on the one side and western Allies' camps on the other. Altogether, a valuable re-assessment of an important subject.' Richard Bessel, University of York