Family Fortunes and Political Ruptures in Twentieth-Century East-Central Europe: The Trajectory of the Chorin Family
Journal: Contemporary European History
Year: 2025

This article takes the fate of industrial wealth in East-Central and Southeast Europe through the ruptures of the twentieth century as a case study. It compares post-imperial transitions in East-Central Europe to regime changes in the 1940s and after 1989. It maintains that the peculiarities of post-imperial transitions and the uniquely high leverage available to Austro-Hungarian industrialists to preserve their assets despite geopolitical transformations after 1918 come to the fore especially c