Gefangenschaft, Revolution, Heimkehr Die Bedeutung der Kriegsgefangenenproblematik für die Geschichte des Kommunismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa 1917-1920

• Main Author: Moritz, Verena (auth)
• Other Authors: Leidinger, Hannes (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: History; First Wold War; Eastern front; prisoners; Erster Weltkrieg; Ostmitteleuropa; Kommunismusforschung; Kriegsgefangenenforschung; Russland; Ungarn
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Up to the 1980s prisoners of war were hardly even mentioned in military history. Only in recent years have scientists acknowledged the importance of this topic. For their investigations some of them chose the First World War, especially the Eastern front, where more than 5 million soldiers were capt...