Wartime Captivity in the 20th Century

Anne-Marie Pathé is Director of the Centre des archives in the Institut d’histoire du temps présent (IHTP-CNRS). Her previous publications include an edition of Jours de guerre. Ma vie sous l’Occupation by Berthe Auroy (co-edited, Éditions Bayard, 2008) and Archives d’une captivité, 1939-1945. L’évasion littéraire du Capitaine Mongrédien (co-edited, Éditions Textuel, 2010).

“The 20 narrowly focused, deeply researched papers, grouped into four thematic parts, include military POWs and civilian internees… Excellent bibliographies.This book adds to, without replacing, previous literature.” • Choice“The breadth of topics covered in this volume is impressive…there are a number of fascinating out of the box contributions that explore questions few have attempted to ask, let alone answer, in some of the broader POW histories of recent years…Original and illuminating stories told from exciting new perspectives, however, are not the only gifts proffered to the scholar of POW history in this notable volume.” • European History Quarterly“A readable and versatile treatment of the subject of prisoners of war in the 20th century … [The editors] have undoubtedly succeeded … in assembling inspiring and sophisticated texts and questions.” • H-Soz-Kult“This is … a very important book, because it presents a very specific review of current research, because it opens up lines of inquiry, and also because it brings together sources and other disciplines so as to enrich the study of this particular category of soldiers.” • La Cliothèque

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresAcronymsEditors’ Introduction: Prisoners of War in the Twentieth Century: A Problematic at the Crossroads of Histories and DisciplinesAnne-Marie Pathé and Fabien ThéofilakisIntroduction: War Imprisonment in the Twentieth CenturyJohn HornePART I: CAMP SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIONIntroductionJorg EchternkampChapter 1. International Law and Western Front Prisoners in the First World War  Heather JonesChapter 2. German Treatment of Jewish Prisoners of War in the Second World WarRüdiger OvermansChapter 3. “All things are possible for him who believes” (Mark, 9, 23): The Regulation of Religious Life in Prisoner of War Camps in the Second World WarDelphine DebonsChapter 4. From Allies to Enemies: Prisoners of the Third Reich in Italy – The Case of the Rimini Enclave 1945-1947Patrizia DoglianiChapter 5. The Other Point of View of …(1) the Lawyer    Jean-Paul PancracioPART II: LANGUAGES OF CAPTIVITY: BODIES AND MINDS BEHIND THE BARBED WIREIntroduction  Annette BeckerChapter 6. Thresholds and Transgressions: Offences against Social Norms in the Internment Camps of the First World WarIris RachamimovChapter 7. Half-Naked Nazis: Masculinity and Gender in German POW Camps in the USA during the Second World WarMatthias ReissChapter 8. Fernand Braudel as Prisoner in Germany: Confronting the Long-Term and the Present TimePeter SchöttlerChapter 9. “The trio is growing like a piece of asparagus”:  Hans Gál and the Trio of the Huyton SuiteSuzanne SnizekChapter 10. The Other Point of View of (II) … the Ethnologist: The Internment of Spanish Republicans in French Camps: The Ethnologist Caught in the Net of MemoryVéronique MouliniéPART III: RELATIONS BETWEEN CAPTIVITY AND SOCIETY: FROM CAPTURE TO LIBERATIONIntroduction: Beyond the Wire: Interactions between Prison Camps and Their Surrounding CommunitiesFelicia YapChapter 11. Perceptions of Axis Captives in the British Isles, 1939-1948Bob MooreChapter 12. “Voluntary” Captivity: Russian Prisoners of War in Switzerland, 1942-1945Georg KreisChapter 13. “Rodolph - How Nice he is!”: Contacts between German Prisoners of War and French Civilians, 1944-1948Fabien ThéofilakisChapter 14. The Other Point of View of … (III): The Boundaries between Friends and Foes   Stéphane DufoixPART IV: CAPTIVITY AND COLONIAL ISSUES: THE FRENCH EXAMPLEIntroductionPierre JournoudChapter 15. War-time Internment of Algerians in the  Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: For a History of Forms of Captivity in the Long TermSylvie ThénaultChapter 16. Helping “Our” Prisoners: Philanthropic Mobilisation for French Colonial Prisoners of War, 1940-1942Sarah Ann FrankChapter 17. French Guards for French Colonial Prisoners of War in German Captivity, 1943-44: An Anomaly in International AffairsRaffael ScheckChapter 18. Why Release the Prisoners?: The Algerian Army of National LiberationRaphaëlle BrancheChapter 19. The Other Point of View of … (IV): Armed Conflict and Captivity: Aspects of Change between the Twentieth and the Twenty-First CenturiesJérôme LarchéPART V: CAPTIVITY IN WARTIME: FROM ONE CENTURY TO ANOTHER (20th-21st centuries)Chapter 20. Round Table DiscussionBy Way of ConclusionHenry RoussoBibliographyIndex of IndividualsIndex of OrganizationsIndex of PlacesIndex of Themes