Die SPD Nach Hitler: Die Geschichte der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands, 1945-1964

Epstein, Klaus; Pirker, Theo

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“…78 Given Gayk's popularity and close personal relationship with SPD leader Kurt Schumacher, he also assumed a senior position in the party at the state level in Schleswig-Holstein. 79 Gayk's active role in the SPD had an effect on the Society of Friends of Coventry and brought a democratic socialist element into the group's urban internationalism. For example, Schumacher 'cordially welcomed' its formation and hoped that its members were 'inspired by a will towards an international socialism which has its source in humanity'.…”

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Urban internationalism: Coventry, Kiel, reconstruction and the role of cities in British–German reconciliation, 1945–1949

Laucht,

Allbeson

2023

Urban History

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This article addresses the beginnings of the twinning relationship between Coventry and Kiel to introduce and exemplify the idea of ‘urban internationalism’ as a new lens onto urban histories of town twinning initiatives and a contribution to the historiography of British town twinning. Focusing on paradiplomatic initiatives by municipal officials, religious dignitaries and other citizens in Coventry and Kiel, the article examines the role that cities played in British–German reconstruction and reconciliation in the period from the end of World War II until the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

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