Intro -- On their own behalf: Ewald Ammende, Europe's national minorities and the campaign for cultural autonomy 1920-1936 -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Images -- Introduction: Why Baltic History is more difficult to write than German History -- ONE Brave new world: enterprise and aid -- TWO Liberal nationalist -- THREE Becoming a minority -- FOUR Achieving cultural autonomy -- FIVE Minority interests-European interests-global interests -- SIX Establishing the European Congress of Nationalities -- SEVEN The General Secretary: early optimism and its frustrations -- EIGHT 1929: year of the minorities -- NINE International national community thinking and a different kind of Pan-Europe -- TEN Critical challenges -- ELEVEN The new nationalist wave -- TWELVE When friends won't help -- THIRTEEN Aftermath -- FOURTEEN Fateful context -- FIFTEEN At Stalin's throat -- SIXTEEN Admitting defeat -- Conclusion: The need for more histories of national minorities -- Bibliography -- Index.