Signs and Symbols: Remembering the Unique Past of Alsace

by Kelly Wood

Citations

(1) In fact, Wagner was executed in France in 1946 after having been found guilty of war crimes, among which was the forced conscription of men and “child soldiers.” See Nicole Thatcher, “The Malgré-nous: Conflicting Memories of a Second World War Drama,” Australian Journal of French Studies 47.3 (2010), 279; and “Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907,” International Committee of the Red Cross, last accessed April 19, 2017.

(2) Geneviève Herberich-Marx and Freddy Raphaël, “Les incorporés de force alsaciens: Déni, convocation et provocation de la mémoire,” Vingtième siècle. Revue d’histoire, No. 6 (Apr. – June 1985), 91.

(3) Archives municipals de Strasbourg, Box 208 MW 174, Pierre Pflimlin, “Proposition de loi, portant amnistie en faveur des Français incorporés de force dans les formations militaires enemies.”

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  • Archives de l’Association des déserteurs, évadés et incorporés de force (Strasbourg, France)
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