Surviving Hitler and Mussolini : Daily Life in Occupied Europe

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New octavo x + 244pp., map, bibliog., index, Examines how far everyday life was possible in a situation of total war and brutal occupation. Its theme is the social experience of occupation in German, & Italian-occupied Europe, & in particular the strategies ordinary people developed in order to survive. Survival included meeting the challenges of shortage & hunger, of having to work for the enemy, of women entering into intimate relations with soldiers, & of the preservation of culture.