The Goodness of Strangers
Help to Escaped Russian Slave Labourers in Occupied Jersey, 1942–1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12269668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Willmot (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-227 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-7773 • E-ISSN: 1469-2171 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0960777302002023 |
| OpenAlex | W2141129744 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Between 1942 and 1945, 5,300 Organisation Todt workers were brought to Jersey to build the defensive fortifications ordered by Hitler. A small number of Russian slave labourers escaped from island camps and were sheltered by Jersey residents until the liberation. The article describes the activities of these helpers and the rudimentary network of safe houses they created, as well as comparing their motives with those of the rescuers of Jews in occupied Europe. It ends by outlining reasons for the neglect of this episode of British wartime history and suggests the adoption of a comparative approach as the best way towards an understanding of the possibilities and limitations of resistance in the Channel Islands
Biology · Genealogy · Neglect · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Psychology · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |