Travelers and their home audiences resigned themselves to losing the East

Evidence

That almost every traveler took on a sense of resignation and ultimately bade farewell to the old Heimat , and that readers back home showed similar resignation, conveys a trend of dramatic political importance in an era when revisionist demands by the expellee leadership singularly failed to foment an active desire for return. — Andrew Demshuk, The Lost German East, 1172

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Even revisionist travelers surrendered their territorial claims after reflecting on what they saw. — Andrew Demshuk, The Lost German East: Forced Migration…, 1322

Broader Connections