Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage: Everyday Life under Occupation in World War II Europe. A Source Edition (2 vols)

Named as one of the Best Historical Materials books for 2022 by RUSA, American Library Association (ALA). See full details here. During the peak of the German expansion in World War II, more than 230 million people from Norway to Greece and from France to various regions inside the former Soviet Union lived under German occupation. This edited collection of primary sources for the first time gives an insight into the experiences of these ordinary people under German occupation, their everyday life and how this quickly became dominated by shortages (especially of food but also of other necessities such as medicine), the search for supplies and different strategies to fight scarcity. In addressing examples from all European countries under German occupation the collected sources give the first pan-European perspective on the history of shortage, malnutrition and hunger resulting from the war, occupation, and aggressive German exploitation policies. "During the peak of the German expansion in World War II, more than 230 million people from Norway to Greece and from France to various regions inside the former Soviet Union lived under German occupation. This edited collection of primary sources for the first time gives an insight into the experiences of these ordinary people under German occupation, their everyday life and how this quickly became dominated by shortages (especially of food but also of other necessities such as medicine), the search for supplies and different strategies to fight scarcity. In addressing examples from all European countries under German occupation the collected sources give the first pan-European perspective on the history of shortage, malnutrition and hunger resulting from the war, occupation, and aggressive German exploitation policies"-- Provided by publisher Contents 5 Foreword 7 Fighting Hunger, Dealing with Shortage. Everyday Life under Occupation in World War II Europe—An Introduction 9 Editorial Guide 59 Documents by Date 74 Documents by Country 110 Contributors 112 Volume 1 117 Document 1 121 9789004461840_volume 2_webready_content_text.pdf 1 Contents 753 Volume 2 755 Document 301 759 Archives 1467 Index of Subjects 1471 Index of Places 1481