‘Lucky Victims’. German-Speaking Emigrants as Soldiers of Occupation in Germany after the Second World War
‘Lucky Victims’. German-Speaking Emigrants as Soldiers of Occupation in Germany after the Second World War Arvid Schors, University of Cologne In April 1945, the concentration camp Ahlem near Hanover in Germany was liberated by American troops. A 21 year old American...
The Occupied become Occupiers: The Case of Maczków/Haren
The Occupied become Occupiers – The Case of Maczków/Haren Samantha Knapton, University of Nottingham At the end of the Second World War, Allied-occupied Germany was described as ‘a sea of make-shift shanties’, ‘a kingdom of barracks’, and an ‘archipelago of displaced...
Revenge and Retribution in the Luxembourgish Occupation Zone in Germany (1945-46)
Revenge and Retribution in the Luxembourgish Occupation Zone in Germany (1945-46) Félix Streicher, Maastricht University On 11 and 13 November 1945, two infantry battalions (roughly 1,600 men) of the newly created Luxembourg Army occupied parts of the German...
The Lived Experience: Personal Memories of Occupation in the British Zone of Germany after the Second World War
The Lived Experience: Personal Memories of Occupation in the British Zone of Germany after the Second World War Bettina Blum, Paderborn University Military occupation can be considered as a distinctive system of rule, shaped by dynamic power relations between...
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