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Als sich im Frühling 1940 Soldaten auf den einstigen Schlachtfeldern des Ersten Weltkrieges erneut feindselig und erbittert gegenüberstanden, kämpften sie nicht nur um ihr eigenes Überleben, sondern auch mit der schmerzlichen Vergangenheit. Während die Soldaten mit traumatischen Erlebnissen und der Trauer um viele der dort gefallenen Verwandten konfrontiert waren, wurden bei den dort lebenden Zivilisten dramatische Erinnerungen an die deutsche...

Germany, 18711945 presents an original, lucid and thoughtprovoking history. Its aim is to inspire readers to weigh the historical evidence.At the end of the Second World War, the first unified German state collapsed, a disintegration with European and global ramifications. Ever since, historians have sought to explain what went wrong inGerman history. Many have focused on the violence which forged unification, others have highlightedthe clash ...

Based on thousands of court cases, this innovative study explores the love stories between enemy prisoners of war and German women during the Second World War. It portrays an intimate picture of life in wartime Nazi Germany, from an international perspective, with a particular focus on German women's experiences.

Inspired by recent works on Nazi empire, this book provides a framework to guide occupation research with a broad comparative angle focusing on human interactions.

Inspired by recent works on Nazi empire, this book provides a framework to guide occupation research with a broad comparative angle focusing on human interactions.

This book discusses the experience of French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. It shows that the colonial prisoners' contradictory experiences with French authorities, French civilians, and German guards led to clashes with a colonial administration eager to return to a discriminatory routine following the war.

What role did right-wing women play in the Nazi rise to power? Mothers of the Nation analyzes the work of these women in the Weimar Republic. The author shows that they refused to stand up primarily for women's interests and instead invoked the Volksgemeinschaft (community of the people), a vision of harmony and cooperation. The emphasis on the Volksgemeinschaft made it difficult for female conservatives to fight for specific women's rights. Y...

Discusses the experience of nearly 100, 000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Focusing on the activity of Great Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz after 1914, Scheck presents a fascinating combination of biographical and contextual analysis explaining the predicament of the conservative German right in the troubled transition period before the Third Reich.

Das Buch untersucht einen wenig beachteten Aspekt des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Die historische Literatur hatte der Wehrmacht für den Krieg gegen Frankreich im Allgemeinen ein korrektes Verhalten bescheinigt, das in scharfem Kontrast zur deutschen Kriegführung im Osten stehe. Aufgrund der Archivquellen, die Raffael Scheck erschlossen hat, ist dieses Bild nicht länger aufrechtzuerhalten. Seine Studie belegt detailliert, dass die Wehrmacht im Mai und ...

When it invaded France in 1940, the German army massacred thousands of black POWs belonging to units drafted in France's colonies. The book for the first time documents these war crimes on the basis of extensive research in French and German archives. A massive Nazi propaganda offensive approved by Hitler, reviving traditional images of black soldiers as mutilating savages, formed the background for the massacres. Drawing from approaches for e...

This book, first published in 2006, documents the German army massacres of thousands of black POWs belonging to units drafted in France's colonies.