Portmann, M: Die kommunistische Revolution in der Vojvodina

What was the blueprint the Yugoslav/Serb communists had for a new Yugoslavia and how and to what extent were these concepts in the aftermath of the Second World War carried out in the Vojvodina? What can be stated about the theoretical guidelines of the internationalist population policy and which were the plans the rulers had in mind for the imprisoned Danube Swabians? What were the consequences of the disappearance of this German speaking minority on the one hand and the settlement with mostly Serbian sympathisers of the People's Liberation Front in the Vojvodina on the other? In which realms must the agrarian policy be considered a success and where did tensions occur in the dubious alliance between peasants and communists? And last but not least: How permanent was the socialist revolution in this area? These and other questions shall be answered. Furthermore the author provides an insight into the military-political, economical, and cultural structures of the communist apparatus in the Autonomous Province Vojvodina and the Yugoslavian state as a whole. So far unknown documents from several archives in Serbia have been taken as basis for this comprehensive study of the socialist revolution in the Vojvodina. This is a worth reading study, convincing in the conclusions and outreaching the stand of research. (Edgar Hosch, Wurzburg)