The Impact of War Experiences in Europe The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the ‘Wehrmacht’ and ‘Reichsarbeitsdienst’ (1938–1945)

The Impact of War Experiences in Europe : The Conscription of Non-German Men and Women into the ‘Wehrmacht’ and ‘Reichsarbeitsdienst’ (1938–1945)

During World War II, over half a million men and women under Nazi occupation, who lacked German citizenship, were forcibly conscripted into the German Reichsarbeitsdienst and the Wehrmacht. The Nazis sought to legitimize this conscription by labeling these individuals as “deutsche Volkszugehörige” o...

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Weitere Verfasser: Beck, Philippe (MitwirkendeR), Echternkamp, Jörg (MitwirkendeR), Ganschow, Inna (MitwirkendeR), Geny, Philippe (MitwirkendeR), Graczyk, Konrad (MitwirkendeR), Janz, Nina 1986- (MitwirkendeR), Kocjancic, Klemen (HerausgeberIn), Kokalj Kočevar, Monika (MitwirkendeR), Kossytorz, Tobias (MitwirkendeR), Scuto, Denis 1964- (MitwirkendeR), Streicher, Félix (MitwirkendeR), Venken, Machteld (HerausgeberIn), Vercruysse, Sarah Maya (MitwirkendeR), University of Luxembourg (BerichterstatterIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Mnchen Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2024]
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Studien zur transnationalen Zeitgeschichte Luxemburgs 2
Schlagworte:HISTORY / Military / World War II HISTORY / Europe / General HISTORY / Modern / General HISTORY / Social History HISTORY / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) Luxemburg Zweiter Weltkrieg Luxembourg Wehrmacht World War II HISTORY / Europe / Western
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 443 p.)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction – War Experiences of Conscripted Non-German Men and Women
  • Part 1: Military Service – Citizenship, Conscription and Volunteering
  • National Socialist Ethnicity and Citizenship Policy under Growing Military Pressure in Occupied Luxembourg (1940–1944)
  • Fighting for the Enemy: Recruitment and Mobilisation of Slovenians for the Waffen-SS During the Second World War
  • Part 2: Exploring War Experiences Through Ego Documents
  • The War Experience of Non-German Soldiers in the Wehrmacht – The Luxembourg Case
  • East Belgians in the Wehrmacht and the Reichsarbeitsdienst, 1940–1945. Biographical Turning Points and Adaptive Stances in the Beck-Peissen Family
  • Slovenians Forcibly Conscripted into the Wehrmacht – Analysis of Diaries of their Wartime Experiences
  • Ink and Paper in the Camp. Ego-Documents of Luxembourger Conscripts in Soviet Captivity
  • Part 3: Desertion and Draft Evasion: Impact on Families and Communities
  • “Desertion Leads to Resettlement” – The Consequences of Desertion and Draft Evasion on the Families of Luxembourgish Soldiers (1942–1945)
  • Beihilfe zur Fahnenflucht in der Rechtsprechung der deutschen Sondergerichte in den besetzten Gebieten Polens (1939–1945)
  • Alsatian Conscription Evaders in Switzerland
  • Part 4: Prisoner of War Captivity and Re-Enlistment
  • Conflicting Loyalties Among Soldiers Fighting Both in the German Army and the Allied Forces
  • Malgré-Nous: Men from Alsace and Moselle held as POWs by the Western Allies During WWII
  • From One Uniform Into Another: Luxembourgish Men Between Nazi “Forced Conscription” and Post-War Military Service (1942–1946)
  • Afterword: War Experiences and the History of Narratives
  • Authors
  • Index