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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface . . xi
Acknowledgments . . xvii
Foreword . . xix

I Background . . 1
The Reasons for Ethnic Cleansing . . 2
The Expulsions . . 7
The Flight from the Red Army . . 11

II The Flight and Expulsion of the German Population from East of the Oder-Neisse Line (Poland) . . 23
The Soviet Attack on East Germany and the Flight of the Civilian Population . . 23
The Return of the German Population to Their Homes East of the Oder-Neisse Line . . 56
Deportation of German Civilians as Forced Labor to the Soviet Union . . 58
The Expulsion of the German Population from East of the Oder-Neisse Line . . 64
The Polish Government's Justification for the Expulsion of the German Population . . 83

III The Expulsion of the Ethnic German Population from the Former Czechoslovakia . . 93
The History of German Settlements in Czechoslovakia . . 95
Evacuation and Flight of the Sudeten Germans from the War . . 101
The Prague Uprising . . 114
The Condition of the German Population in Bohemia and Moravia at War's End . . 124
The Internment of the Sudeten Germans in Labor Camps . . 131
The History of the Theresienstadt (Terezin) Ghetto . . 137
The Czech Government's Justification for the Expulsion of the Germans . . 142
The Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans Prior to the Potsdam Conference . . 146
The Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans after the Potsdam Conference . . 162

IV The Expulsion of the Ethnic German Population from Hungary . . 173
Introduction . . 174
The History of the German Settlements in Hungary . . 174
Hungary's German Minority in World War II, Including Service in the Waffen-SS . . 179
The Flight and Evacuation from the Soviet Army . . 185
The Hungarian Government's Justification for the Expulsion of the German Community . . 189
The Soviet Occupation of Hungary and Forced Labor in the Soviet Union . . 191
The Expulsion of the Ethnic Germans . . 195

V The Flight, Incarceration, and Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia . . 207
Summary . . 207
The History of the German Settlements in Yugoslavia . . 209
The German Minority in World War II . . 212
The Evacuation and Flight of Ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia . . 219
Deportation to the Soviet Union . . 219
The Fate of the Ethnic German Minority in Tito's Partisan Government . . 224
The Flight and Eviction of the Yugoslav German Minority . . 234
The Closing of the Camps, Forced Labor, and Emigration to the German Federal Republic . . 238

VI The Fate of the Ethnic German Minority in Romania . . 241
The Historical Ethnic German Settlements in Romania . . 241
The Inter-War Years . . 244
The German Minority in Romania in World War II . . 248
The Collapse of the Romanian Government and Soviet Occupation . . 249
The Evacuation of Ethnic German Civilians . . 255
The Fate of the German Minority after the War . . 261
The Forced Resettlement of Banat Germans . . 274
Developments after 1949 . . 279

VII Conclusion: Integration and Reconciliation . . 283
Integration of Refugees and Expellees into German Society . . 283
Reconciliation with East European Nations . . 288
Relations with Romania and the Former Yugoslavia . . 298
Concluding Remarks . . 301
Appendix . . 303

Bibliography . . 317
Index . . 325

List of Figures and Tables . . xiii
Maps . . xiv
Introduction: At the Crossroads . . 1

I. HISTORY
1. Contexts . . 11
2. Imagining Witchcraft in Literature and Law . . 45
3. A Winding Road to the Stake . . 61
4. Mechanisms of Justice . . 91

II. RELIGION
5. Healing and Harming . . 107
6. Stealing the Sacred . . 140
7. Broken Bodies . . 165
8. Piety in the Torture Chamber . . 183

III. DEMONOLOGY
9. A Candle for the Devil . . 195
10. Demon Lovers . . 209
11. Translating the Devil . . 227

Conclusions . . 239

Appendix: Polish Witch-Trials 1511-1775 . . 243
References . . 254
Index . . 275

Preface . . xiii
Internet Fraud Tree . . xvii

Chapter 1 PHANTOM FIGURINES . . 1
Chapter 2 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE? . . 13
Chapter 3 BEHIND A SMOKE SCREEN . . 21
Chapter 4 CARS, CARDS, CHEMICALS AND CRAYONS . . 31
Chapter 5 SMALL-TOWN BOYS . . 43
Chapter 6 DANGEROUS DIET . . 51
Chapter 7 THE SUBURBAN SPOOFER . . 59
Chapter 8 DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS . . 69
Chapter 9 HOT WIRE . . 81
Chapter 10 A BUSINESS WITHIN A BUSINESS . . 89
Chapter 11 DOUBLE PLAY . . 97
Chapter 12 THE eBAY-FRAUD BROTHERS . . 105
Chapter 13 NOT-SO-PRECIOUS METALS . . 113
Chapter 14 THE COOL-CASH SYNDICATE . . 125
Chapter 15 DASTARDLY DESIGN . . 133
Chapter 16 THE RECKLESS CLERK . . 141
Chapter 17 CLOSE QUARTERS . . 151
Chapter 18 PLAYING WITH FIRE . . 161
Chapter 19 HACK, PUMP AND DUMP . . 171
Chapter 20 DANGEROUS LEARNING CURVE . . 179
Chapter 21 THE SHERWOOD BOYS . . 187
Chapter 22 THE BROKEN NEST EGG . . 197
Chapter 23 ONE MORE LAP TO GO . . 207
Chapter 24 DEATH AND TAXES . . 217
Chapter 25 KEEPING IT ALL IN THE FAMILY . . 225
Chapter 26 NO SECURITY IN ONLINE ADVANCE FEES . . 237
Chapter 27 THE G.I. HACKER . . 245
Chapter 28 THE WRONG SUSPECT . . 253
Chapter 29 DRIBBLING ON THE INTERNET . . 261
Chapter 30 BEHIND THE MASK . . 269
Chapter 31 ONLINE PHARMACY . . 279
Chapter 32 THE PORN PROCUREMENT PROCESS . . 291
Chapter 33 GAMBLING ON A PROFIT . . 299
Chapter 34 THE SOLITAIRE TRADER . . 309
Chapter 35 THE BIG BROTHER HE NEVER HAD . . 315
Chapter 36 WANTED: YOUR MONEY . . 325
Chapter 37 THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY . . 333
Chapter 38 FAILURE TO DELIVER . . 341
Chapter 39 CYBER PSYCHO .. 349
Chapter 40 DRAG QUEENS AND DRUGS . . 359
Chapter 41 WIRE TRANSFERS FROM NOWHERE . . 369

Glossary . . 379
Index . . 383