The foreign soldier's transnational experience in the Nazi military (sphere) – A biographical study of conscripts and volunteers from Luxembourg in the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS and their military and individual experience in WWII

Over two million foreigners served in the ranks of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS. They came from various occupied territories and war zones or even from uninvolved and neutral countries such as Spain and Switzerland. These men had a significant impact on the war itself and on how it was experienced and conducted. How these men from more than 40 countries experienced the war in German uniform as transnational soldiers remains a black box. This paper traces the experiences of these soldiers, focusing on those who came from Luxembourg, to frame the European experience of war from a new perspect... Mehr ...