French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II

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ID19909207
AuthorsRaffael Scheck (0000-0001-9510-5419, Colby College, corresponding author)
Year2014
Publication date2014-12-15
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueFrench Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity During World War II (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781107297869
OpenAlexW2397278905
Open LibraryOL34559067M
ISBN9781107297869
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited61

This book discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. Raffael Scheck shows that the German treatment of French colonial soldiers improved dramatically after initial abuses, leading the French authorities in 1945 to believe that there was a possible German plot to instigate a rebellion in the French empire. Scheck illustrates that the colonial prisoners' contradictory experiences with French authorities, French civilians, and German guards created strong demands for equal rights at the end of the war, leading to clashes with a colonial administration eager to reintegrate them into a discriminatory routine

Ancient history · Archaeology · Captivity · Colonialism · Economic history · Empire · Forced labour under German rule during World War II · German · Nazi Germany · Nazism · Political science · Prisoners of war · World War II · African history and culture studies · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · History · Law · 1939-1945 · Africa · Armee · Colonies · France · France. Armée. Troupes coloniales · German Prisoners and prisons · Military · Military history · World War · World war, prisoners and prisons

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