03624nam 22006615 450 991041608900332120220228190913.03-030-48915-997830304891513030489140978303048914410.1007/978-3-030-48915-1(CKB)4100000011392441(MiAaPQ)EBC6313448(DE-He213)978-3-030-48915-1(EXLCZ)99410000001139244120200819d2020 u| 0enguraz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBritish Character and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War, 1939–48 /by Alan Malpass1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource3-030-48914-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Characteristic Decency of Dangerous Sentimentality? 1939-43 -- 3. Atrocities and the Limits of Civility. 1944-45 -- 4. Rubbing Shoulders with the (Ex)Enemy: Fraternisation and Marriage -- 5. ‘A Blot on Our Fair Name’? Indefinite Detention and Exploitation -- 6. After Liberation: Migration, Memory and the Meaning of British POW treatment -- 7. Conclusion.This book examines attitudes towards German held captive in Britain, drawing on original archival material including newspaper and newsreel content, diaries, sociological surveys and opinion polls, as well as official documentation and the archives of pressure groups and protest movements. Moving beyond conventional assessments of POW treatment which have focused on the development of policy, diplomatic relations, and the experience of the POWs themselves, this study refocuses the debate onto the attitude of the British public towards the standard of treatment of German POWs. In so doing, it reveals that the issue of POW treatment intersected with discussions of state power, human rights, gender relations, civility, and national character.World War, 1939-1945CivilizationHistorySocial historyHistory of Britain and Irelandhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717020History of Germany and Central Europehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717060History of World War II and the Holocausthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717110Cultural Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/723000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000Great BritainHistoryEurope, CentralHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945.CivilizationHistory.Social history.History of Britain and Ireland.History of Germany and Central Europe.History of World War II and the Holocaust.Cultural History.Social History.940.547241900Malpass Alanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut966476MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910416089003321British Character and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War, 1939–482193436UNINA