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6 Foreword 8 Foreword 12 The Potsdam Conference: About this volume Jürgen Luh 20 Choosing a Location for theBerlin Conference in Potsdam Stefan Gehlen 36 In the Shadows of Yalta and Hiroshima: The US Perspective on Potsdam 1945 Philipp Gassert 64 The Soviet Interests at the Potsdam Conference Jacob Riemer 84 Great Britain and the Potsdam Conference Victor Mauer 98 The Potsdam Conference of 1945 and the Germans John Zimmermann 114 1945 – The “Bitter Victory”. Poland and its “Liberation” Krzysztof Ruchniewicz 128 Counting the Exiles: Potsdam 1945 Andreas Kossert 142 The Potsdam Conference and the Jewish Organisations Thomas Brechenmacher 158 Potsdam and Japan, around 1945 Robert Kramm 174 The Potsdam Conference and China Thoralf Klein 192 Korea – the Potsdam Declaration and Korean Independence Jong Hoon Shin 208 Iran’s Struggle for Sovereignty Jana Forsmann 226 A Country in Search of its Erstwhile Grandeur: France and the Potsdam Conference Matthias Simmich 244 Bibliography 256 Index of Persons 259 Lenders and Acknowledgements 260 Picture Credits 262 Imprint Contents