Title Love between enemies : western prisoners of war and German women in World War II / Raffael Scheck

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 381 pages) : maps Contents The prisoners of war and the German women -- The legal framework -- The relations -- Discovery -- The trials -- Behind bars -- Case studies -- Memory -- Conclusion : resistance, dissent, opposition? Summary "Love Between Enemies explores the forbidden relationships which formed between foreign prisoners of war and German women during the Second World War. From the desire to have fun to deep love commitments, this study examines the range of motivations which lay behind these relationships, tapping into new documents and drawing on thousands of court cases to offer a transnational analysis of personal relations between enemies. Highlighting gender roles, the contradictory reactions of the communities surrounding the couples, and the diplomatic tensions resulting from the severe punishments, this is a history of everyday life which throws light on this subversive aspect of intimacy in wartime Nazi Germany. Comparing the "transgressing" couples to other groups persecuted for their cultural or private choices, Scheck demonstrates how the relationships were silenced or justified in the post-war memory of prisoners, while the German women, who had been publicly shamed, continued to live with the stigma, and even illegitimate children, for the years that followed" -- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 25, 2020) Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German. Prisoners of war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Prisoners of war -- Sexual behavior -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Women and war -- Germany -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects. National socialism and justice. World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Germany. Internment camps. Man-woman relationships National socialism and justice Prisoners of war Social aspects Women and war Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020021926 ISBN 9781108894821 1108894828 9781108899017 1108899013

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