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Schmitt, Oliver Jens

Oliver Jens Schmitt is Professor of East European History at the University of Vienna.

Der Balkan im 20. Jahrhundert</a>

Der Balkan im 20. Jahrhundert

It was around a century ago that the great empires of eastern Europe collapsed. For more than a hundred years, attempts have been made to erase the legacy of empire through assimilation, expulsions and destruction. But the modern national states in the Balkans are still today continuing the tradition of the Byzantine, Ottoman and Habsburg empires.