1st Edition

South Tyrol A Minority Conflict of the Twentieth Century

By Rolf Steininger Copyright 2003
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

175 Pages
by Routledge

South Tyrol, a region in the heart of the Alps about half the size of Connecticut, brings into sharp focus an important part of twentieth-century history. Tyrol, a province that had been part of Austria for over 500 years and was almost totally German-speaking, was split in two after World War I and the southern part awarded to Italy as "spoils of war."The first phase to follow after the split of... Read more
I: 1918–1922: From the Division of Tyrol to the March on Bozen; II: Ettore Tolomei 6; III: 1922–1938: The Fascist Policy towards South Tyrol; IV: 1939: Between Fascism and National Socialism — The Option; V: 1940-1945: Resettlement and “Reunification”; VI: 14 September 1945: No Return to Austria; VII: 1946: The Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement; VIII: 1948-1969: From Pseudo-Autonomy to the “Package”“Break with Trient!”; IX: From the “Package” to the Present

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