Expertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field, this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs, video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These chapters…mehr
Expertly contextualized by two leading historians in the field, this unique collection offers 13 accounts of individual experiences of World War II from across Europe. It sees contributors describe their recent ancestors' experiences ranging from a Royal Air Force pilot captured in Yugoslavia and a Spanish communist in the French resistance to two young Jewish girls caught in the siege of Leningrad. Contributors draw upon a variety of sources, such as contemporary diaries and letters, unpublished postwar memoirs, video footage as well as conversations in the family setting. These chapters attest to the enormous impact that war stories of family members had on subsequent generations. The story of a father who survived Nazi captivity became a lesson in resilience for a daughter with personal difficulties, whereas the story of a grandfather who served the Nazis became a burden that divided the family. At its heart, Family Histories of World War II concerns human experiences in supremely difficult times and their meaning for subsequent generations.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Róisín Healy is Senior Lecturer in European History at NUI Galway, Ireland. She is the author of Poland in the Irish Nationalist Imagination, 1772-1922 (2017) and The Jesuit Specter in Imperial Germany (2003). She has also edited or co-edited four books, including Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War I (2016; as co-editor) and 1916 in Global Context: An anti-Imperial moment (2017; as co-editor). Gearóid Barry is Lecturer in European History at NUI Galway, Ireland. He is the author of The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the Legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 (2012). He is also the co-editor, along with Enrico Dal Lago and Róisín Healy, of Small Nations and Colonial Peripheries in World War I (2016) and 1916 in Global Context: An anti-Imperial moment (2017).
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List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. From Generation to Generation: World War II Narratives in Transition Róisín Healy (NUI Galway Ireland) and Gearóid Barry (NUI Galway Ireland) Part I. Lives in Uniform: Enduring Combat and Captivity 2. Nothing Spectacular to Remember? Dealing with Wartime Memories in a German Family Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa (NUI Galway Ireland) 3. The Returning POW and a Wartime Volunteer: A Love Story Sheena Fennell (NUI Galway Ireland) and Gill Fennell (Independent Scholar Ireland) 4. Educating Friends and Enemies: An Irishman's Experiences in Wartime Britain Patricia Scully (NUI Galway Ireland) 5. The Diary of an Italian Officer in Nazi Concentration Camps 1943-1945: The Forgotten History of Italian Military Internees Marina Ansaldo (NUI Galway Ireland) 6. Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of an American Soldier and the Italian Family who Saved Him Colleen Maloney Williamson (Independent Scholar USA) and Maureen Maloney (NUI Galway Ireland) 7. From El Alamein to Bergen-Belsen: An Irish Dental Officer's War Ciara Boylan (NUI Galway Ireland) 8. Recording the War in Connemara: A Guianese Sailor in the Eastern Mediterranean Cormac Ó Loideáin (NUI Galway Ireland) Part II. Lives under Seige: Coping with Occupation 9. A Spanish Communist in the French Resistance: Uncle Luís and a German Map Sara Farrona (NUI Galway Ireland) 10. A Boy in Small-Town Germany from Home Front to Allied Occupation Hermann Rasche (NUI Galway Ireland) 11. A Child's View of War: Nazi Occupation Resistance and Civil War in Northeastern Italy 1943-1945 Enrico Dal Lago (NUI Galway Ireland) 12. A Greek Tragedy: A Small Village at War Constantinos G. Efthymiou (NUI Galway Ireland) 13. A Russian Jewish Family Remembers the Siege of Leningrad Irina Ruppo (NUI Galway Ireland) 14. Slave Labour and its Legacies: My Maternal Grandparents' Journey from Ukraine to Germany to Belgium Sylvie Mossay (NUI Galway Ireland) Select Further Reading Notes Index
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1. From Generation to Generation: World War II Narratives in Transition Róisín Healy (NUI Galway Ireland) and Gearóid Barry (NUI Galway Ireland) Part I. Lives in Uniform: Enduring Combat and Captivity 2. Nothing Spectacular to Remember? Dealing with Wartime Memories in a German Family Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa (NUI Galway Ireland) 3. The Returning POW and a Wartime Volunteer: A Love Story Sheena Fennell (NUI Galway Ireland) and Gill Fennell (Independent Scholar Ireland) 4. Educating Friends and Enemies: An Irishman's Experiences in Wartime Britain Patricia Scully (NUI Galway Ireland) 5. The Diary of an Italian Officer in Nazi Concentration Camps 1943-1945: The Forgotten History of Italian Military Internees Marina Ansaldo (NUI Galway Ireland) 6. Behind Enemy Lines: The Story of an American Soldier and the Italian Family who Saved Him Colleen Maloney Williamson (Independent Scholar USA) and Maureen Maloney (NUI Galway Ireland) 7. From El Alamein to Bergen-Belsen: An Irish Dental Officer's War Ciara Boylan (NUI Galway Ireland) 8. Recording the War in Connemara: A Guianese Sailor in the Eastern Mediterranean Cormac Ó Loideáin (NUI Galway Ireland) Part II. Lives under Seige: Coping with Occupation 9. A Spanish Communist in the French Resistance: Uncle Luís and a German Map Sara Farrona (NUI Galway Ireland) 10. A Boy in Small-Town Germany from Home Front to Allied Occupation Hermann Rasche (NUI Galway Ireland) 11. A Child's View of War: Nazi Occupation Resistance and Civil War in Northeastern Italy 1943-1945 Enrico Dal Lago (NUI Galway Ireland) 12. A Greek Tragedy: A Small Village at War Constantinos G. Efthymiou (NUI Galway Ireland) 13. A Russian Jewish Family Remembers the Siege of Leningrad Irina Ruppo (NUI Galway Ireland) 14. Slave Labour and its Legacies: My Maternal Grandparents' Journey from Ukraine to Germany to Belgium Sylvie Mossay (NUI Galway Ireland) Select Further Reading Notes Index
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