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Millions of former German soldiers (known as Heimkehrer, literally "homecomers," or returnees) returned from captivity as prisoners of war at the end of the Second World War, an experience that had profound effects on German society and touched almost every German family. Based on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis ofthe history of the German returnees, explored as a history of memory, both during Germany's division and after unification. At its core lies the question of how the experiences of war captivity were transformed into individual and collective memories. The book argues that memory of the experience of captivity and return is complex and multilayered and has been shaped by postwar political and social frameworks. Christiane Wienand is a Research Fellow on the AHRC-funded research project "Reverberations of War: Communities of Experience and Identification in Germany and Europe since 1945." She holds a PhD in History from University College London.

Ex-prisoners of war --- Collective memory --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Ex-prisonniers de guerre --- Mémoire collective --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- History --- Prisoners and prisons. --- Histoire --- Prisonniers et prisons --- Germany --- Allemagne --- Former prisoners of war --- Returned prisoners of war --- Returnees --- Prisoners of war --- Divided Germany. --- Former Prisoners of War. --- German History. --- Memory. --- POWs. --- Postwar Germany. --- Reunited Germany. --- World War II.

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John Werner was a storyteller. A Mennonite immigrant in southern Manitoba, he captivated his audiences with tales of adventure and perseverance. With every telling he constructed and reconstructed the memories of his life. John Werner was a survivor. Born in the Soviet Union just after the Bolshevik Revolution, he was named Hans and grew up in a German-speaking Mennonite community in Siberia. As a young man in Stalinist Russia, he became Ivan and fought as a Red Army soldier in the Second World War. Captured by Germans, he was resettled in occupied Poland where he became Johann, was naturalized and drafted into Hitler's German army where he served until captured and placed in an American POW camp. He was eventually released and then immigrated to Canada where he became John. The Constructed Mennonite is a unique account of a life shaped by Stalinism, Nazism, migration, famine, and war. It investigates the tenuous spaces where individual experiences inform and become public history; it studies the ways in which memory shapes identity, and reveals how context and audience shape autobiographical narratives.

Mennonites --- Immigrants --- Storytellers --- Ex-prisoners of war --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Autobiographical memory. --- Memory --- Former prisoners of war --- Returned prisoners of war --- Returnees --- Prisoners of war --- Raconteurs --- Tellers of stories --- Entertainers --- Emigrants --- Foreign-born population --- Foreign population --- Foreigners --- Migrants --- Persons --- Aliens --- Anabaptists --- Baptists --- Christian sects --- Influence. --- Werner, John, --- Werner, Hans, --- Werner, Ivan, --- Werner, Johann, --- Germany. --- Manitoba. --- Mennonite. --- Russia. --- Second World War. --- WWI. --- World War II. --- history. --- immigration.

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Korean War, 1950-1953 - Prisoners and prisons. --- Veterans --- Health Surveys --- Prisoners --- Data Collection --- Persons --- Named Groups --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Epidemiologic Methods --- Public Health --- Quality of Health Care --- Investigative Techniques --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Environment and Public Health --- Health Care --- Social Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Ex-prisoners of war --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Korean War, 1950-1953 --- Health and hygiene. --- Prisoners and prisons. --- Former prisoners of war --- Returned prisoners of war --- Returnees --- Prisoners of war

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Fiction in English. --- 82 --- CDL --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Ex-prisoners of war --- Man-woman relationships --- Sisters --- Former prisoners of war --- Returned prisoners of war --- Returnees --- Prisoners of war --- Brothers and sisters --- Women --- European War, 1939-1945 --- Second World War, 1939-1945 --- World War 2, 1939-1945 --- World War II, 1939-1945 --- World War Two, 1939-1945 --- WW II (World War, 1939-1945) --- WWII (World War, 1939-1945) --- History, Modern --- Veterans --- England --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- Siblings --- English literature