42 research outputs found
Twinned cities: reconciliation and reconstruction in Europe after 1945 â an introduction
While town twinning has played a crucial role in reconciliation and reconstruction processes in Europe after World War II, urban historians have not yet paid sufficient attention to it. This special issue thus addresses this historiographical neglect through a set of case-studies that examine the role of twinned cities in post-war reconciliation and reconstruction between former enemy nations and across the ideological fault lines of the Cold War. The framework that underpins all contributions rests on the use of âtwinned citiesâ as an umbrella term to denote various forms of inter-municipal links and builds on similarly broad definitions of âreconciliationâ and âreconstructionâ
TWIN CITIES, Special ed.: Urban Internationalism: Coventry, Kiel, Reconstruction and the Role of Cities in British-German Reconciliation, 1945-49
This article addresses the beginnings of the twinning relationship between Coventry and Kiel to introduce and exemplify the idea of âurban internationalismâ 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 BritishâGerman reconstruction and reconciliation in the period from the end of World War II until the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949
Twinned cities: reconciliation and reconstruction in Europe after 1945 ? an introduction
While town twinning has played a crucial role in reconciliation and reconstruction processes in Europe after World War II, urban historians have not yet paid sufficient attention to it. This special issue thus addresses this historiographical neglect through a set of case-studies that examine the role of twinned cities in post-war reconciliation and reconstruction between former enemy nations and across the ideological fault lines of the Cold War. The framework that underpins all contributions rests on the use of âtwinned citiesâ as an umbrella term to denote various forms of inter-municipal links and builds on similarly broad definitions of âreconciliationâ and âreconstructionâ