German propaganda and the special treatment of Estonian prisoners of war in Germany in World War I

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ID11264700
AuthorsMart Kuldkepp (0000-0002-0942-717X, Department of Scandinavian Studies/European and International Social and Political Studies, University College London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume53
Issue2
Pages227-247
Publication date2022-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629778.2022.2048041
OpenAlexW4214875983
LanguageEN
References cited14

About 3,000–5,000 Estonians who served in the imperial Russian army in World War I ended up as prisoners of war (POWs) in German prison camps. Initially, they were treated as any other ‘Russians’ and endured malnutrition, backbreaking labor, and harsh treatment by the guards. From 1917, however, as Germany settled on the strategic aim of conquering the whole of the Baltic region, they began to be subjected to special treatment with the goal of making them more ‘German-friendly.’ The new German policies meant better living conditions, but also some exposure to German propaganda. This article considers the impact of these German policies on the lived experience of the Estonian POWs

Archaeology · Economic history · Estonian · German · Linguistics · Political science · Prisoners of war · Spanish Civil War · World War II · European history and politics · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact

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