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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 85468009
TI  - Ordinary workers, Vichy and the Holocaust : French railwaymen and the Second World War
PY  - 2016
SN  - 1316540154 1316540588 1316541010 1316543161 1316541444 1139600451 1107039568 110870574X 1316537579 9781316541449 9781139600453 9781316543160 1316542734 9781316542736 9781107039568 9781316540152 9781316540589 9781316541012
PB  - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Railroads
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Deportation
KW  - Iron horses (Railroads)
KW  - Lines, Railroad
KW  - Rail industry
KW  - Rail lines
KW  - Rail transportation
KW  - Railroad industry
KW  - Railroad lines
KW  - Railroad transportation
KW  - Railway industry
KW  - Railways
KW  - Communication and traffic
KW  - Concessions
KW  - Public utilities
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Trusts, Industrial
KW  - Employees.
KW  - Deportations from France.
KW  - Transportation.
KW  - Société nationale des chemins de fer français.
KW  - Société nationale des chemins de fer francais
KW  - France
KW  - History
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85468009
AB  - Should French railwaymen during the Second World War be viewed as great resisters or collaborators in genocide? Ludivine Broch revisits histories of resistance, collaboration and deportation in Vichy France through the prism of the French railwaymen - the cheminots. De-sanctifying the idea of railwaymen as heroic saboteurs, Broch reveals the daily life of these workers who accommodated with the Vichy regime, cohabitated with the Germans and stole from their employer. Moreover, by intertwining the history of the working classes with Holocaust history, she highlights unexpected histories under Vichy and sensitive memories of the post-war period. Ultimately, this book bursts the myths of cheminot resistance and collaboration in the Holocaust, and reveals that there is more to their story than this. The cheminots fed both the French nation and the German military apparatus, exemplifying the complexities of personal, professional and political life under occupation.
ER  -