Internment in Switzerland during the First World War

Resource Information

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Label

Internment in Switzerland during the First World War

Statement of responsibility

Susan Barton

Creator

• Barton, Susan

Contributor

• ProQuest (Firm)

Author

• Barton, Susan

Subject

• 1914-1918
• Prisoners of war -- Switzerland
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons

Language

eng

Summary

In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is known about the more hopeful realities of thousands of prisoners of war from Britain, France, Germany and Belgium who were sent to Switzerland from 1916. This book explores the everyday lives of these prisoners and their impact on Switzerland. Internees were warmly welcomed by local people and given education, training and employment. Leading relatively free lives, they were able to engage in leisure activities and develop new relationships. However, they also contributed to the country's economy, helping to keep Swiss tourism alive at a time when businesses were struggling and alleviating Switzerland's labour shortage as Swiss men were called-up to defend their borders and preserve the country's neutrality. Drawing on a wide range of sources from official records to magazines and postcards, Susan Barton provides an absorbing account of the social and cultural history of internment in Switzerland

Cataloging source

NhCcYBP

Dewey number

940.5

Index

index present

LC call number

D627.S9

LC item number

B37 2019

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography