This independent study has already attracted controversy. Containing much fresh evidence, it vividly portrays the Islanders’ day-to-day Occupation experiences, whilst exploring – and often refuting – what are today becoming received ideas of a mostly ‘shameful’ wartime past.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE PRELUDE The Islands Prewar Storm Clouds Gather The Unique Occupation PART II: ISLAND GOVERNMENT: JUNE 1940 TO MAY 1945 Record and Interpretation: A Question of Paradigm Dealing with the Enemy: Labour, Commodities and Rations PART III: THE PEOPLE’S OCCUPATION Morale, Make Do and Mend Entertainments and Pastimes Relations with Britain A Paradox: The Dual Face of the Occupier Health, Malnutrition and Deteriorating Conditions The Jewish Experience Collaboration: A Fair Hearing? Offences against the Occupier PART IV: THE FORCED WORKERS Men Without Hope PART V: THE AFTERMATH Liberation and Beyond Memories Today Endnotes Bibliography
About the author
HAZEL KNOWLES SMITH was recently awarded her Ph D from the University of Southampton. She is an untraditional academic, with particular interest in the social construction of history and the historical creation of memory. Her work enjoys the strong support of the communities she writes about.
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