Conscientious Objectors of the Second World War: Refusing to Fight
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1. Verfasser: Kramer, Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Barnsley Pen and Sword 2013
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Beschreibung:Acknowledgements; Introduction; A Flourishing Peace Movement; Conscription and War; Taking a Stand: Registration; Taking a Stand: Tribunals; On the Land; Mining and Humanitarian Work; Non-Combatants; Refusing the Army; Prison; Discrimination and Abuse; War Ends; Bibliography and References; Voices: References; Index
Even today, most histories of the world wars focus on those who fought. Those who refused to fight are usually overlooked, or just mentioned in passing, sometimes in a very dismissive manner. However, during the First World War, 16,000 men in Britain refused conscription: they believed it was wrong to take up arms and kill. Known as conscientious objectors they were humiliated, abused and imprisoned for their stand. More than 70 died because of brutal treatment. Twenty years later, during the Second World War, there were more than 60,000 conscientious objectors in Britain. They were treated mo
Beschreibung:225 pages
ISBN:9781783464715
1783464712

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