This article examines debates over the requisitioning of real estate by the US Army during the decade after the end of World War II. Requisitioning quickly emerged as one of the most contentious issues in the relationship between German civilians and the American occupation. American policy changed several times as the physical presence of the occupiers shrank during the postwar period then expanded again after the outbreak of the Korean War. I show that requisitioning became a key site of contestation during the early years of the Federal Republic. The right to assert authority over real property served as a visible reminder of the persistent limits of German sovereignty. By pushing back against American requisitioning policy, Germans articulated an increasingly assertive claim to sovereign rights.

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“这片土地仍然是德国的”：征用、社会和美国军队，1945-1956

本文考察了二战结束后十年期间美国军队征用房地产的争论。征用迅速成为德国平民与美国占领之间关系中最具争议的问题之一。随着战后占领者的实际存在缩减，然后在朝鲜战争爆发后再次扩大，美国的政策发生了多次变化。我表明，在联邦共和国成立初期，征用已成为争论的关键场所。对不动产行使权力的权利明显地提醒了德国主权的持续限制。通过抵制美国的征用政策，德国人表达了对主权权利的日益自信的主张。