Occupied Population vs Non-occupied Population

[Nigel Marshall]

I've been thinking a bit about what happened after the war ended and those countries which were partly occupied were suddenly thrust back together again.

Was there any mistrust or animosity between those who had been invaded and those who had kept their liberty, albeit displaced or disposessed of their belongings and overrun with soldiers of their own or allied armies?

Did one group of the population think differently of the other?

I'm very willing to do the reading so signposts to sources would be great.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Nigel

[swizz]

Hi Nigel

There's some information on this in Helen McPhail's 'The Long Silence'. Publishers info (and a fairly lengthy preview) here: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=scBOGVa...;q=&f=false

Hope that helps!

Swizz

[Nigel Marshall]

Excellent, Swizz.

Thanks very much. This looks like just the thing I was asking for.

Cheers,

Nigel

[centurion]

An associated question relates to how were returning refugees treated. A great many Belgian railway employees got out and were used on the railways in Britain. The Germans needed the Belgian railways and directed Belgians to work on them. Now when Hercule returns from Britain and finds Dirk working in his old job one might expect some friction nes pas?