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WARLUX - Soldiers and their communities in WWII
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Since March 2020, the Warlux project at C²DH has been delving into the experiences and narratives of Luxembourg's 'forced recruits' and their families during the Second World War. The aim is to break with the traditional historiography surrounding the 'forced recruits' and to critically examine established narratives within the country's overarching historical discourse. Rather than treating these young men as a homogeneous group, the project explores the personal experiences of the soldiers, as well as the fates of their families during the war, utilizing a wide range of (new) sources and innovative digital methods.
C²DH historians Nina Janz and Sarah Maya Vercruysse, spoke to Hanna Siemaszko, the
producer of the SciLux podcast on science in Luxembourg, about their main findings, the difficulties they faced, and the digital tools they employed.
Want to find out more?
Warlux: https://warlux.uni.lu/home?language=en
C²DH website: https://www.c2dh.uni.lu/
University of Luxembourg: https://wwwen.uni.lu
SciLux: https://scilux.buzzsprout.com/
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Chapters
1. Introduction to the Warlux project (00:00:11)
2. Schifflange as a case study (00:01:38)
3. Lack of resources (00:03:41)
4. Interviews with families or letters? (00:04:54)
5. Research about families of conscripts and the communities (00:05:48)
6. History of the Umgesiedelte (00:06:57)
7. Details of family support (00:07:39)
8. These stories are never black and white (00:08:06)
9. Finding the personal side of the story (00:08:50)
10. Analogue documents and going to archives (00:10:10)
11. Civil records in Luxembourg (00:11:06)
12. Difficulties accessing files (00:12:42)
13. Linking non-linear data (00:14:00)
14. Crowdsourcing letters as a historian (00:19:15)
15. Preparing the letters for research (00:22:51)
16. Transcribing letters (00:26:22)
17. Stories behind the letters (00:27:42)
18. Initial disappointment about the letters (00:29:29)
19. Goal is not to find the truth about individual experience (00:30:10)
20. Letters: a lot of waiting, travelling, food, lice, hygene. (00:33:20)
21. Inner and outer censorship (00:33:49)
22. Experiences that don't fit the national narrative (00:34:43)
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