Burying the enemy : the story of those who cared for the dead in two world wars
Grady, Tim (Timothy L.)2025
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Place reservation for Burying the enemy : the story of those who cared for the dead in two world warsWhy do societies only remember their own national war dead? Today, the enemy dead might be largely hidden from view, but this wasn't always the case. During both world wars, Germans and Britons died in their thousands in enemy territory. From Berlin to Bath, London to Leipzig, civilian communities buried the enemy in the closest parish churchyard. Perhaps surprisingly, local people embraced these graves, often caring for them with considerable tenderness. Tim Grady explores the history of this curious aspect of postwar community. He reveals how, as the two states moved bodies to new military cemeteries, local people protested at the disturbance of the dead, and ties between the bereaved families and those who cared for the graves were severed forever.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.
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384 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780300273977 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.465
Language:
English
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Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centurySoldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryCemeteries -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryCemeteries -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- Great BritainWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Casualties -- GermanyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Great BritainWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- GermanyWarfare and DefenceUnited Kingdom, Great BritainGermanyHistoryEuropean history
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3039440
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