Prisoners of war, prisoners of peace
Subtitle: captivity, homecoming, and memory in World War II
By: edited by Bob Moore & Barbara Hately-Broad.
Contributors: Moore, Bob, 1954-; Hately-Broad, Barbara.; International Committee for the History of the Second World War.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781845201562
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Congresses.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Congresses.; Ex-prisoners of war -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Ex-prisoners of war -- Rehabilitation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "Authors highlight a number of important comparatives. Whereas for the British and Americans held by the Germans and Japanese, the end of the war meant a swift repatriation and demobilization, for the Germans, it heralded the beginning of an imprisonment that, for some lasted until 1956. These and many more moving stories are revealed here for the first time."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-247) and index.
Revisions of papers presented at a conference organized by the International Committee for the History of the Second World War in Hamburg in July, 2002.