In the 1960s there was renewed interest in migration history in Western Europe due to the increase of immigration. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the so-called Eastern Bloc, the history of borders came again into focus, leading to a new generation in migration history. This development was reinforced by the "summer of migration" of 2015. The history of migration to Austria, especially during the Second Republic, has long been a topic overlooked by historians, but received increased attention since the 1990s. The present volume presents research currently being done on the history of migration to or through Austria.
A renewed view on the history of migration to or through Austria
Zentraleuropa war im 20. Jahrhundert durch viele sprachliche, kulturelle und politische Grenzziehungen geprägt. Auf diese Weise formierte Gruppenbildungen waren allerdings vielmehr "Konfliktgemeinschaften" (Jan Kren), die sich in Konstellationen des Mit-, Neben-, In- und Gegeneinanders äußerten. In vorliegenden Band werden Fallbeispiele aus Geschichte und Literatur untersucht.
