Prisoners of War and Local Women in Europe and the United States, 1914-1956

This book brings together historians from Great Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Austria, and Latvia who have worked and published on fraternisation between Prisoners of War and local women during either the First or Second World War, providing the first comparative study of this multi-faceted phenomenon in different belligerent countries. By focusing on prisoners as wartime migrants and studying the nature and impact of their interactions with the local female population, this book expands the existing framework on prisoner of war studies. Its substantial scope and comparative approach make it an important point of reference in the growing research field of POW studies.

Brings together contributions from leading scholars in one concise volume Challenges common perceptions about the experience of captivity and perceptions of the enemy during the world wars Includes a collection of edited and translated sources from different countries

Auteur

Matthias Reiss is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter, UK. Brian K. Feltman is Associate Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, USA.

Résumé
"The contribution of this book is a welcome addition for anyone interested in the history of war captivity. This book would be particularly useful as a teaching tool. ... This material is not only useful for a better understanding of the chapters, but also for undergraduate students exploring methodological approaches and interpretation of archival documents. ... The enormous effort made by the contributors is a most welcomed achievement." (Jean-Michel Turcotte, Canadian Military History, Vol. 32 (1), 2023)

Contenu
Introduction; Brian K. Feltman and Matthias Reiss.- PART I: THE FIRST WORLD WAR.- Sexual Desire in Enemy Hands: The Sex Lives of German Prisoners of War in The United Kingdom, 1914-1919; Brian K. Feltman.- Sex on the Margins: Fraternizing in Times of War and Revolution; Lena Radauer.- 'Dishonorable' Women and 'Foreign' Men: Illicit Sexuality as Challenge to the German Volksgemeinschaft, 1914-1918; Lisa Todd.- Encounters beyond Frontlines: Prisoners of War and Women in the Habsburg Empire during the First World War; Julia Walleczek-Fritz.- PART II: THE SECOND WORLD WAR.- Community and Gender During War: The Amorous Relationships of Western POWs and German Women in Nazi Germany; Raffael Scheck.- Fueling the Moral Panic: Fraternization between Axis Prisoners of War and Women in the United States during World War II; Matthias Reiss.- 'Helmut can be a worker, not a lover': Relationships between Germans POWs andFrench Women in Post-War France, 1944-1948); Fabien Théofilakis.- Intimacy, Treason, and Racial Defilement: POWs and Women in the Soviet-German War; Andreas Hilger.- 'Undesirable Familiarity': British Womanhood and Italian Prisoners in World War II;Barbara Hately and Bob Moore.- The End of a Phenomenon? Fraternization after the Second World War; Brian K. Feltman and Matthias Reiss.