Raffael Scheck
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2014
9781107056817
French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II
Specificaties
Gebonden, 336 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
2014
ISBN13: 9781107056817
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
This book discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. Raffael Scheck shows that the German treatment of French colonial soldiers improved dramatically after initial abuses, leading the French authorities in 1945 to believe that there was a possible German plot to instigate a rebellion in the French empire. Scheck illustrates that the colonial prisoners' contradictory experiences with French authorities, French civilians, and German guards created strong demands for equal rights at the end of the war, leading to clashes with a colonial administration eager to reintegrate them into a discriminatory routine.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781107056817
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:336
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: a soldier's story; 1. The start of captivity; 2. The colonial prisoners in Franco–German diplomacy; 3. The German treatment of the colonial prisoners in France; 4. French guards for colonial prisoners; 5. German propaganda for Muslim prisoners; 6. The labor of colonial prisoners; 7. The physical and mental state of the prisoners; 8. Human relations: co-prisoners and civilians; 9. Colonial prisoners and the end of the war; Conclusions.