David Rock teaches in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Keele. He also edited Voices in Times of Change (Berghahn, 2000).

• Introduction: From Colonists to Emigrants: Explaining the 'Return-Migration' of Ethnic Germans from Central and Eastern EuropeStefan WolffPART I: REFUGEES, EXPELLEES AND AUSSIEDLER IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY: HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND LEGAL DIMINESIONS OF THE INTEGRATION PROCESSChapter 1. Integrating Ethnic Germans in West Germany: The Early Postwar PeriodDaniel LevyChapter 2. The Struggle of Past and Present in Individual Identities: The Case of German Refugees and Expellees from the EastRainer SchulzeChapter 3. Expellee Policy in the Soviet-occupied Zone and the GDR: 1945–1953Philipp TherChapter 4. The Integration of Ethnic Germans from the Soviet UnionAndreas HeinrichChapter 5. Jus Sanguinis or Jus Mimesis? Rethinking 'Ethnic German' RepatriationStefan SendersChapter 6. The Decline of Privilege: The Legal Background to the Migration of Ethnic GermansAmanda Klekowski von KoppenfelsPART II: THE TRANSITION FROM GERMAN MINORITY CULTURE TO THE NATIONAL CULTURE OF GERMANY: ART AS A MEDIUM TO ADDRESS AND EXPRESS THE CHALLENGES OF MIGRATION AND INTEGRATIONChapter 7. 'From the periphery to the centre and back again': An Introduction to the Life and Works of Richard WagnerDavid RockChapter 8. '... a form of literature which was intentionally political'Richard Wagner in conversation with David Rock and Stefan WolffChapter 9. MillenniumRichard WagnerChapter 10. 'Alone in a crowd': The Figure of the 'Aussiedler' in the Work of Richard WagnerGraham JackmanChapter 11. A Romanian German in Germany: The Challenge of Ethnic and Ideological Identity in Herta Müller's Literary WorkJohn J. WhiteChapter 12. Günter Grass: 'The man who migrated across historyJulian PreeceChapter 13. From 'Sudetendeutsche' to 'Adlergebirgler': Gudrun Pausewang's Rosinkawiese TrilogyKati TonkinChapter 14. '... for an artist, home will be wherever he can freely practise his art'Walter Grill in conversation with David RockConclusion: Coming Home to Germany? Ethnic German Migrants in the Federal Republic after 1945Stefan Wolff

“... a compelling investigation [that] unites political and policy analysis ... with cultural criticism and primary sources.”   · German Studies Review "The book addresses an important subject ... [and] provides new insights into the social, political, and economic challenges the expellees posed to the rival German states and sheds light on the contentious issue of German citizenship."  · The International History Review“[This] collection has many strengths. It provides a handy, concise introduction to a wide range of topics. The chapters are written in clear, lucid prose, and they reflect extensive research and expertise. ... The book should prove very useful for advanced students and others interested in the integration of ethnic German expellees and re-settlers in post-1945 Germany.”   ·  H-German