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Die Blume Europas. Die Geschichte einer mitteleuropäischen Stadt (Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City)

Die Blume Europas. Die Geschichte einer mitteleuropäischen Stadt (Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City)

Category:History
Author of the book:Norman Davies, Roger Moorhouse
Language of publication:German
Publishing house:Droemer Knaur
Translated by:Roger Moorhouse
Year of publication:2002
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Breslau liegt in der Mitte zwischen Berlin, Prag, Wien, Budapest und Warschau, im Epizentrum zahlloser politischer und militärischer Ereignisse, die Mitteleuropa erschütterten. Auf tausend wechselvolle Jahre blickt die ehemalige schlesische Hauptstadt, die heutige Hauptstadt der polnischen Woiwodschaft Wroclaw zurück. Eine so lange Geschichte hinterlässt Spuren: in den Namen – Breslau, Wroclaw, Vratislavia – ebenso wie im Stadtbild. Zweimal wurde die Stadt verwüstet: beim “Monogolensturm” 1241 und im Frühjahr 1945 beim monatelangen Kampf um die “Festung Breslau”. Hin und her geworfen zwischen Preußen, Böhmen, Österreich, Polen, war Breslau Grenzstadt, Handelszentrum, Schmelztiegel der Völker und kulturelle Metropole. Jetzt erzählt einer der brillantesten Historiker der Gegenwart, Norman Davies, zusammen mit Roger Moorhouse am Beispiel Breslaus die Geschichte der großen Reiche und ihres Zerfalls, der Kriege und der wirtschaftlichen Blüte, vor allem aber der Menschen dieser Stadt: Juden und Katholiken, Deutsche, Tschechen und Polen, Ihre Schicksale verweben sich zu einem Meisterwerk erzählter Geschichte.

The story of Central Europe is anything but simple. As the region located between East and West, it has always been endowed with a rich variety of migrants, and has repeatedly been the scene of nomadic invasions, mixed settlements and military conquests. In order to present a portrait of Central Europe, Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse have made a case study of one of its most colourful cities, the former German Breslau, which became the Polish Wroclaw after the Second World War.
The traditional capital of the province of Silesia rose to prominence a thousand years ago as a trading centre and bishopric in Piast Poland. It became the second city of the kingdom of Bohemia, a major municipality of the Habsburg lands, and then a Residenzstadt of the kingdom of Prussia. The third largest city of nineteenth-century Germany, its population reached one million before the bitter siege by the Soviet Army in 1945 wrought almost total destruction. Since then Wroclaw has risen from the ruins of war and is once again a thriving regional centre.
The history of Silesia’s main city is more than a fascinating tale in its own right. It embodies all the experiences which have made Central Europe what it is – a rich mixture of nationalities and cultures; the scene of German settlement and of the reflux of the Slavs; a Jewish presence of exceptional distinction; a turbulent succession of imperial rulers; and the shattering exposure to both Nazis and Stalinists. In short, it is a Central European microcosm.

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