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Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Series Number 44: Ordinary Workers, Vichy and the Holocaust: French Railwaymen and the Second World War
Ludivine Broch
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Description for Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Series Number 44: Ordinary Workers, Vichy and the Holocaust: French Railwaymen and the Second World War
hardcover. A major new study on the role of French railwaymen in resistance and genocide during the Second World War. Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare. Num Pages: 330 pages, 18 b/w illus. 3 maps 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Should French railwaymen during the Second World War be viewed as great resisters or collaborators in genocide? Ludivine Broch revisits histories of resistance, collaboration and deportation in Vichy France through the prism of the French railwaymen - the cheminots. De-sanctifying the idea of railwaymen as heroic saboteurs, Broch reveals the daily life of these workers who accommodated with the Vichy regime, cohabitated with the Germans and stole from their employer. Moreover, by intertwining the history of the working classes with Holocaust history, she highlights unexpected histories under Vichy and sensitive memories of the post-war period. Ultimately, this book bursts the ... Read more
Should French railwaymen during the Second World War be viewed as great resisters or collaborators in genocide? Ludivine Broch revisits histories of resistance, collaboration and deportation in Vichy France through the prism of the French railwaymen - the cheminots. De-sanctifying the idea of railwaymen as heroic saboteurs, Broch reveals the daily life of these workers who accommodated with the Vichy regime, cohabitated with the Germans and stole from their employer. Moreover, by intertwining the history of the working classes with Holocaust history, she highlights unexpected histories under Vichy and sensitive memories of the post-war period. Ultimately, this book bursts the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107039568
SKU
V9781107039568
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About Ludivine Broch
Ludivine Broch (University of Westminster) has published articles on French railwaymen in the Holocaust in Contemporary European History (2014) and Diasporas (2015), and chapters on railway history and memory. This is her first monograph. She is the co-editor of France in an Era of Global Wars, 1914-1945: Occupation, Politics, Empire and Entanglements (2014). Broch co-convenes the French History Seminar at ... Read more
Reviews for Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Series Number 44: Ordinary Workers, Vichy and the Holocaust: French Railwaymen and the Second World War
'... well researched, well organized and well written, and it establishes thoroughly and clearly several ground-breaking points. The target of the book is to discuss myths, representations regarding the French railway system, and its collaboration with the Nazi, including resistance, strikes, sabotage and the solution finale.' Marie-Noelle Polino, The Journal of Transport History 'The cheminots highlight an interesting tension in ... Read more