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Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914–1947

Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City (Central European Studies)

Christoph Mick

Discover the tumultuous history of the city of L'viv in modern Ukraine, known as Lemberg and Lwów in the past. Explore how the city's diverse Roman Catholic Polish, Greek Catholic Ukrainian, and Jewish inhabitants reacted to sweeping political changes during and after World Wars I and II. With a focus on archival research and contemporary sources, this book delves into the intergroup tensions and episodes of violence that arose during shifts in political control, and how ethnic and national ideologies shaped their dealings with each other.
Publish Date
2015-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
2015-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2011
Goodreads Rating
3.8
ISBN
9781557536716
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2022-03-11T01:52:24.000Z
Another borderlands book that I found surprisingly interesting is the study of this (now) western Ukrainian city by Christoph Mick: Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914–1947: Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City      source