Love Between Enemies - Western Prisoners of War and German Women in World War II

An innovative study of empathy, sex, and love between prisoners of war and German women during World War II.

List of contents

Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations; Current place names; Introduction; 1. The prisoners of war and the German women; 2. The legal framework, 3. The relations; 4. Discovery; 5. The trials; 6. Behind bars; 7. Case studies; 8. Memory; Conclusion. Resistance, dissent, opposition?; Bibliography.

About the author

Raffael Scheck is Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He is the author of six books including Hitler's African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940 (2006), and French Colonial Soldiers in German Captivity during World War II (2015). He is currently working on a new book project on the meaning of the German victory in the West in 1940.

Product details

• Authors: Scheck Raffael Scheck, Raffael Scheck, Raffael (Colby College Scheck, Scheck Raffael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108841757
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84175-7
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Second World War, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General