Cold War history has emphasized the division of Europe into two warring
camps with separate ideologies and little in common. This volume
presents an alternative perspective by suggesting that there were
transnational networks bridging the gap and connecting like-minded
people on both sides of the divide. Long before the fall of the Berlin
Wall, there were institutions, organizations, and individuals who
brought people from the East and the West together, joined by shared
professions, ideas, and sometimes even through marriage. The volume aims
at proving that the post-WWII histories of Western and Eastern Europe
were entangled by looking at cases involving France, Denmark, Poland,
Romania, Switzerland, and others.