Marchal, Martine Anne Claire (2009) A transnational study of antifascism and resistance to Nazi occupation in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany, 1922-1950. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This thesis investigates antifascism and resistance to Nazi occupation in
Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany. This analysis is done from a
transnational perspective. Luxembourg is at the centre of the study, but the
adjoining regions of its neighbouring countries which, together with the Grand
Duchy, form the ‘Grande Région’, will be analysed in detail as well. Moreover,
the post-war years are included in this study to examine the impact of the
resistance after the war. While comparative and transnational studies of this
subject have been attempted before, this will be the first time Luxembourg has
been not only included in such a study but is at the centre of one. Moreover, the
inclusion of the pre- and post-war eras will add to the understanding of the
continuity of the resistance, which has been depicted as an isolated movement
which suddenly occurred in 1940 and disappeared in 1945.
The thesis is divided into three major parts. The first part covers the formation
of nationhood in Luxembourg, and the transnational connections between the
Grand Duchy and its neighbours until 1918. It looks at the importance of
antifascism in Luxembourg from 1922 until 1939, by focusing on the
Communist Party of Luxembourg, and on Italian immigrant communities. The
second part deals with national experiences of occupation in Luxembourg,
Belgium and France and with regional commonalities, and focuses on
transnational connections within the resistance. The third part of the thesis
contains the analysis of the postwar era, and of the resistance’s impact on it. It
investigates the political inheritance of the resistance as well as the post-war
malaise in the countries in questions, to then zoom in on Luxembourg for a
detailed analysis of the depiction of transnational and national resistance in the
media in the post-war years.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General)
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Anti-fascist movements -- Europe -- 20th century, Transnationalism, Europe -- History -- 20th century, Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Official Date:	August 2009
Dates:	Date Event August 2009 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of History
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Horn, Gerd-Rainer
Extent:	372 leaves
Language:	eng

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