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Letters of denunciation in the Lyon Region 1940-1944

Denunziationsbriefe in der Region Lyon 1940-1944
[journal article]

Williams, Benn

Abstract

Der Beitrag untersucht das bislang vernachlässigte Feld von Besatzungs- und Kollaborationsregimen im von Dritten Reich besetzen Frankreich. Anhand von Archivmaterialien (Briefen) aus dem Bezirk Lyon wird nachgezeichnet, wie dort eine Kultur der Denunziation entstehen konnte und in der Kommunikations... view more

Der Beitrag untersucht das bislang vernachlässigte Feld von Besatzungs- und Kollaborationsregimen im von Dritten Reich besetzen Frankreich. Anhand von Archivmaterialien (Briefen) aus dem Bezirk Lyon wird nachgezeichnet, wie dort eine Kultur der Denunziation entstehen konnte und in der Kommunikationsform des anonymen Briefes bei der Verfolgung der Widerstandsgruppen eingesetzt wurde. Die Ausführungen zeigen, dass und warum die französische Unterscheidung von denonciation und delation im Licht der Quellen an Eindeutigkeit verliert. Die Dokumente machen insgesamt deutlich, dass die Denunziationsbereitschaft bzw. die Kollaboration mit den Deutschen bei der Suche und Verfolgung von Juden mit der Schärfe der ökonomischen Restriktionen zunahm. Ökonomische Not und der stumme Zwang der Verhältnisse machten viele Franzosen im Vichy-Regime für moralische Korruption, Denunziation und Verrat anfällig. (ICA)... view less


'While the historiography concerning practices of denunciation in central and eastern Europe has advanced rapidly in the last decade, this has not been the case in terms of western Europe. Scholars have devoted impressive amounts of energy to the study of collaboration, but few have touched upon den... view more

'While the historiography concerning practices of denunciation in central and eastern Europe has advanced rapidly in the last decade, this has not been the case in terms of western Europe. Scholars have devoted impressive amounts of energy to the study of collaboration, but few have touched upon denunciation - except perhaps in passing with an oblique reference to a letter of denunciation. Intrigued by such references and strongly influenced by Alltagsgeschichte, this essay offers an introduction to the culture of denunciation in the departements of Isere and Rhone, of the Lyon region of France, during World War II. Organized around four specific cases, this essay explores a spectrum of denunciatory experiences found in a sampling of letters and judicial records from French local and national archives. Reports and correspondence of the prefects, gendarmerie, and police forces provide greater context and help to flesh out these examples.' (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
resistance movement; occupying power; World War II; France; denunciation; motivation; Nazism; collaboration; morality; persecution of Jews

Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Criminal Sociology, Sociology of Law

Method
descriptive study; historical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2001

Page/Pages
p. 136-152

Journal
Historical Social Research, 26 (2001) 2/3

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.26.2001.2/3.136-152

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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