Methoden der Selbstbildgestaltung vom Bund der Vertriebenen
Methoden der Selbstbildgestaltung vom Bund der Vertriebenen

Summary/Abstract: The Association of Exiles, where the significant role for several years has been played by Erika Steinbach, runs a certain image Policy, based on certain facts presented in media. One should mention, first of all “The Chart of Germans Exiled from Homeland”, which is the basis and the fundamental reference point for all documents of the Association and the initiative of the “Centre Against Expulsions”, directed at evidencing fates of the Germans, who had to leave the areas which, according to the resolutions taken in Jalta and Potsdam, were transferred to other states. The present article is an attempt at describing image strategies applied by BdV. The basis is an analysis of the home page of the Association and “The Chart of German Exiles”.

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