Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938-46
This book explores the role of mayors in navigating the realities of living and governing under Nazi occupation. In Western Europe under Nazi occupation, mayors of villages and cities were forced into strategic cooperation with the occupier. Mayors had to
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Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938–46
Nico Wouters
Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938–46
Nico Wouters Cegesoma, Ghent University Brussels, Belgium
ISBN 978-3-319-32840-9 ISBN 978-3-319-32841-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-32841-6
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016953478 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Photo Collections NIOD (Amsterdam) Cover design by Oscar Spigolon Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
To Liesbeth and our two beautiful children Elena and Hanne.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Martin Conway (Oxford University), Stefan Goebel (Kent University), Bruno De Wever (Ghent University) and Peter Romijn (NIOD and University of Amsterdam) for their invaluable remarks and help during the writing of this book.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
1
1 Local Democracies
11
2 Adaptation (1940)
33
3 Infiltration (1940–41)
55
4 The Limits of Nazification
83
5
The Limits of Good Governance
113
6 Systems of Repression
147
7 Disintegration
221
8 Transition and Memory
263
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CONTENTS
Conclusion
319
Bibliography
331
Index
339
ABBREVIATIONS
ADN—L
Archives Départementales du Nord—Lille (Departmental Archives of Nord in Lille) ADVN Archief en Documentatiecentrum voor het Vlaams-nationalisme (Archival and Documentation Centre for Flemish Nationalism) AGK Auditoraat-Generaal van de Krijgsmacht (Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office) AMVC Archief en Museum voor het Vlaamse Cultuurleven (Archive and Museum for Flemish Culture) ARP Algemene Rijkspolitie (General State Police) CABR Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (Central Archives of Extraordinary Judiciary) CegeSoma Centre for War and Conte
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