'For Their Own Good' : : Civilian Evacuations in Germany and France, 1939-1945 / / Julia S. Torrie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Torrie, Julia S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Preparing for air war --; 2. Order or chaos --; 3. Organizing evacuation --; 4. Our stay gives us no pleasure --; 5. If only family unity can be maintainted --; 6. On the basis of selection --; 7. Responding to chaos --; 8. Evacuation's aftermath --; Notes --; Note on Sources --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845458164; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781845458164
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Julia S. Torrie.

The early twentieth-century advent of aerial bombing made successful evacuations essential to any war effort, but ordinary people resented them deeply. Based on extensive archival research in Germany and France, this is the first broad, comparative study of civilian evacuations in Germany and France during World War II. The evidence uncovered exposes the complexities of an assumed monolithic and all-powerful Nazi state by showing that citizens' objections to evacuations, which were rooted in family concerns, forced changes in policy. Drawing attention to the interaction between the Germans and French throughout World War II, this book shows how policies in each country were shaped by events in the other. A truly cross-national comparison in a field dominated by accounts of one country or the other, this book provides a unique historical context for addressing current concerns about the impact of air raids and military occupations on civilians.