Defender of Minorities: Paul Schiemann, 1876-1944
- ISBN-10
- 1850657513
- ISBN-13
- 9781850657514
- Category
- Civil rights workers
- Pages
- 314
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
- Author
- John Hiden
Description
John Hidens pioneering biography of this courageous man who battled against the rising tide of both Baltic and German nationalism opens up a little-explored chapter of European history in the first half of the 20th century, in a region today seen once more as the litmus test of the new Europe.
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