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Informationen zum Autor Alon Rachamimov Lecturer in Modern European History,Tel Aviv University, Israel. Klappentext Joint Winner of Fraenkel Prize for Contemporary History 2001, London. Winner of Talmon Prize, Israel, awarded by the Israeli Academy of Sciences. Although it was one of the most common experiences of combatants in World War I, captivity has received only a marginal place in the collective memory of the Great War and has seemed unimportant compared with the experiences of soldiers on the Western Front. Yet this book, focusing on POWs on the Eastern Front, reveals a different picture of the War and the human misery it produced. During four years of fighting, approximately 8.5 million soldiers were taken captive, of whom nearly 2.8 million were Austro-Hungarians. This book is the first to consider in-depth the experiences of these prisoners during their period of incarceration. How were POWs treated in Russia? What was the relationship between prisoners and their home state? How were concepts of patriotism and loyalty employed and understood? Drawing extensively on original letters and diaries, Rachamimov answers these and other searching questions. In the process, major omissions in previous historiography are addressed. Anyone wishing to have a rounded history of the Great War will find this book fills a major gap. Zusammenfassung Although it was one of the most common experiences of combatants in World War I, captivity has received only a marginal place in the collective memory of the Great War. This book, focusing on POWs on the Eastern Front, reveals a different picture of the War and the human misery it produced. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures, Tables and Charts Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Clio's Veil 2. Historiographic Contexts 3. Becoming Prisoners of War 4. The Creation of the Austro-Hungarian POW Problem 5. Austro-Hungarian POWs in Russia: A Quantitative Overview 6. Becoming POWs: The View from Below 7. The Hague Convention and the Treatment of POWs: Mission and Omissions 8. Prisoner of War Camps in World War I and the 'Barbaric' Twentieth Century 9. The Legal Framework 10. The 'Prototype' Thesis 11. The Treatment of POWs in Russia 12. Prisoner of War Camps and other Places of Internment 13. Living Conditions in POW Camps 14. Prisoners of War as Labor 15. Propaganda and Recruitment Among the Prisoners 16. The Treatment of POWs and the Perception of World War I 17. In Search of the 'Good and Loyal Prisoner': The Austro-Hungarian Censorship and the POWs 18. Patriotism in a Multi-National State 19. The Austro-Hungarian POW Censorship 20. Austro-Hungarian POWs, the Censorship and the Issue of Loyalty 21. The Emperor's Clothes: The Austro-Hungarian POW Relief Effort 22. POW Relief in World War I: The Uniqueness of the Eastern Front 23. The Austro-Hungarian POW Material Relief 24. The Austro-Hungarian Nurses 25. Imperial Identities and Personal Concerns: The Perspective of the Prisoners 26. Repatriation and the Repatriation System (Heimkehrwesen) 27. Prisoner of War Letters and their Usefulness as a Historical Source 28. The Relief Effort: The Prisoners' Perspective Epilogue: Captivity in the Collective Remembrance of the Great War @ The Emergence of a Commemorative Pecking Order Bibliography Index ...
