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Ordinary workers, Vichy and the Holocaust : French railwaymen and the Second World War
- Title
- Ordinary workers, Vichy and the Holocaust : French railwaymen and the Second World War / Ludivine Broch University of Westminster.
- Author
- Broch, Ludivine M. E. (Ludivine Marie Elisabeth), 1983-
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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 myths of cheminot resistance and collaboration in the Holocaust, and reveals that there is more to their story than this. The cheminots fed both the French nation and the German military apparatus, exemplifying the complexities of personal, professional and political life under occupation"--
- Series Statement
- Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare
- Uniform Title
- Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
- Subjects
- France
- Deportations from France (1939-1945 : World War)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Société nationale des chemins de fer français
- German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
- 1939-1945
- Judenvernichtung
- Railroads > France > Employees
- Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) > Déportations de France
- World War, 1939-1945 > France
- Railroads > Employees
- World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation
- Transportation
- Arbeiter
- France > 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande) > Thèses et écrits académiques
- France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945
- History
- Shoah > Aspect religieux > France
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > France
- World War, 1939-1945 > Deportations from France
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Cheminots -- 2. Vichy -- 3. Bahnofs -- 4. Theft -- 5. Protest -- 6. Sabotage -- 7. Shoah -- 8. Liberation -- Epilogue: memory.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-12623
- ISBN
- 9781107039568 (hardback)
- 1107039568 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015040827
- OCLC
- 922694610
- Author
- Broch, Ludivine M. E. (Ludivine Marie Elisabeth), 1983- author.
- Title
- Ordinary workers, Vichy and the Holocaust : French railwaymen and the Second World War / Ludivine Broch University of Westminster.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfareStudies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIV. OF WESTMINSTER. REVISED DISSERTATION ON ROLE OF FRENCH RAILWAYMEN IN DEPORTATIONS.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-12623