ISBN:
9783319328416
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XII, 350 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2016.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Deák, István Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France, 1938–46Nico Wouters 2019
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Keywords:
World War, 1939-1945.
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World politics.
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Europe—History—1492-.
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Social history.
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France—History.
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History
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France History
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Europe History-1492-
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World War, 1939-1945
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Social history
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World politics
Abstract:
Introduction -- 1. Local Democracies -- 2. Adaptation (1940) -- 3. Infiltration (1940-41) -- 4. The Limits of Nazification -- 5. The Limits of Good Governance -- 6. Systems of Repression -- 7. Disintegration -- 8. Transition -- Conclusion.
Abstract:
This book explores the role of mayors in navigating the realities of living and governing under Nazi occupation. In Western Europe under Nazi occupation, mayors of villages and cities were forced into strategic cooperation with the occupier. Mayors had to provide good governance, mediate between occupier and populations, maintain personal legitimacy, and build local consensus. However, as national systems underwent authoritarian reform and collaborationists infiltrated administrations, local governments were gradually turned into instruments of Nazi control and repression. Nico Wouters uses rich new archival data to compare the realities of local government in three countries. Looking at topics such as food supply, public order and safety, forced labour, the repression of resistance, the persecution of the Jews and post-war purges, this book redefines our knowledge of collaboration, resistance and accommodation during Nazi occupation.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-32841-6
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