The orphan story of British women in occupied France: History, memory, legacy
Journal: ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University)
Year: 2018

This thesis examines the ‘orphan story’ of British women in occupied France. It focuses in particular on the experiences of British women interned in Besançon and Vittel, two internment camps in Eastern France, during the Second World War. It contextualises such stories of incarceration within the broader experiences and narratives of British women in wartime France, and it questions why these experiences of internment have been overlooked until now. Existing work on British women in France has