{"product_id":"9783319328409","title":"Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938-46","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938-46\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNico Wouters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts \/ World War II \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 provide good governance, mediate between occupier and populations, maintain personal legitimacy, and build local consensus. However, as national systems underwent authoritarian reform and collaborationists infiltrated administrations, local governments were gradually turned into instruments of Nazi control and repression. Nico Wouters uses rich new archival data to compare the realities of local government in three countries. Looking at topics such as food supply, public order and safety, forced labour, the repression of resistance, the persecution of the Jews and post-war purges, this book redefines our knowledge of collaboration, resistance and accommodation during Nazi occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eNico Wouters is Academic Coordinator at the Brussels CegeSoma and Guest Professor at the History Department of Ghent University, Belgium. He is co-editor in chief of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Belgian History\u003c\/i\u003e and editorial board member of the \u003ci\u003eLow Countries Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently published an edited volume, \u003ci\u003eTransitional Justice and Memory in Europe 1945-2013\u003c\/i\u003e (2014).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 October 2016\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783319328409\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e350\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62317692125324,"sku":"9783319328409","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319328409.tif?v=1791385476","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319328409","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}