French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II

Nonfiction, History, European General, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Raffael Scheck ISBN: 9781316146972
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 15, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Raffael Scheck
ISBN: 9781316146972
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 15, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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