British character and the treatment of German prisoners of war, 1939-48 /
This book examines attitudes towards German held captive in Britain, drawing on original archival material including newspaper and newsreel content, diaries, sociological surveys and opinion polls, as well as official documentation and the archives of pressure groups and protest movements. Moving be...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmilan,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characteristic Decency of Dangerous Sentimentality? 1939-43
- 3. Atrocities and the Limits of Civility. 1944-45
- 4. Rubbing Shoulders with the (Ex)Enemy: Fraternisation and Marriage
- 5. 'A Blot on Our Fair Name? Indefinite Detention and Exploitation
- 6. After Liberation: Migration, Memory and the Meaning of British POW treatment
- 7. Conclusion.