This book is the result of a lengthy research project that began with Paul A. Shapiro's travels to Romania for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to negotiate access to these documents."--
This is a book about four cities who were several times, and especially in connection with World War II, forcedly put into completely new national contexts. This was affected by coercion from outside.
A novel feature of this book is its multi-level approach to the analysis of engagements with the lost diversity in historical urban milieus full of post-war voids and ruptures.