Slavs in Germany

• Acknowledgements
• p. xi

• Preface
• p. xiii

• Foreword
• p. xv

• Introduction
• p. 1

• Map of the German-Sorbian area
• p. 10

• Part 1
• The Political Development of the Nationalities Policy

• Chapter 1
• The Sorbs before 1945
• p. 13

• Early history
• p. 13

• Political domination by the Germans
• p. 15

• The Weimar Republic
• p. 18

• The Sorbs under National Socialism
• p. 18

• Population statistics
• p. 20

• Catholic or Protestant?
• p. 21

• Map of the Catholic and Protestant areas
• p. 24

• Chapter 2
• The beginnings of the Nationalities Policy (1945-1949)
• p. 25

• The situation in 1945
• p. 25

• The recreation of Sorbian institutions and the desire for autonomy
• p. 26

• The meeting between the Central Committee of the SED and the Domowina in November 1947
• p. 37

• The Law on Sorbian rights in Saxony
• p. 39

• The early years of a bilingual educational system
• p. 43

• Chapter 3
• The Sorbs and the SED (1949-1952)
• p. 51

• Early difficulties
• p. 51

• The political subjugation of the Domowina
• p. 52

• Developments in the bilingual school system
• p. 55

• Chapter 4
• A bilingual Lusatia (1952-1958)
• p. 61

• The development of the nationalities policy under Oelssner
• p. 62

• A bilingual Lusatia and the development of the educational system
• p. 69

• Repression of 'Sorbian Nationalists'
• p. 72

• Chapter 5
• Language Policy (1958-1971)
• p. 77

• Changes in the political direction of the Nationalities Policy
• p. 77

• Changes in the bilingual school system
• p. 80

• The position of the Domowina at the end of the sixties
• p. 91

• Chapter 6
• The Honecker period: Stagnation or Consolidation? (1971-1989)
• p. 99

• The Domowina and the change in the political leadership of the GDR
• p. 99

• Problems in the bilingual schools in the 1970s
• p. 100

• The Domowina and pressure for change in the Nationalities Policy
• p. 101

• Developments in the 1980s
• p. 104

• The Domowina and the churches
• p. 105

• Continuing problems in the Nationalities Policy
• p. 107

• The bilingual school system and the ethnic composition of Lusatia in the 1980s
• p. 107

• Gorbachev, glasnost and the Sorbian question
• p. 110

• The end of SED control
• p. 112

• Chapter 7
• From the 'Wende' to Unification (1989-1990)
• p. 121

• The Domowina and the 'Wende'
• p. 121

• Constitutional guarantees for Sorbian interests
• p. 124

• A Lusatian Land?
• p. 127

• The Domowina in the political system of a united Germany
• p. 115

• Chapter 8
• A Slav Minority in a Unified Germany
• p. 133

• The democratization of the Domowina
• p. 133

• The constitutional position in Saxony
• p. 134

• The constitutional position in Brandenburg
• p. 136

• The Sorbian Law in Brandenburg
• p. 138

• The Sorbian Law in Saxony
• p. 139

• Attempts to change the Basic Law
• p. 140

• The Foundation for the Sorbian People
• p. 141

• The reorganization of the bilingual school system after unification
• p. 144

• The position of Sorbian in public life
• p. 148

• The continuing destruction of Sorbian villages
• p. 149

• Part 2
• Culture and the Nationalities Policy

• Chapter 9
• Sorbian Literature and the Nationalities Policy
• p. 159

• Sorbian literature before 1945
• p. 159

• Sorbian literature between socialism and its national role
• p. 160

• Sorbian literature and the building of socialism
• p. 163

• Developments in the 1970s and 1980s
• p. 168

• Sorbian literature after unification
• p. 174

• Conclusion
• p. 180

• Chapter 10
• The Sorbian Media and the Nationalities Policy
• p. 187

• The development of the Sorbian press before 1945
• p. 187

• The Sorbian press in the GDR
• p. 188

• Sorbian broadcasting in the GDR
• p. 191

• Sorbian films
• p. 192

• The media after unification
• p. 193

• Conclusion
• p. 196

• Chapter 11
• Conclusion
• p. 199

• Abbreviations
• p. 205

• Bibliography
• p. 209

• Index
• p. 219