Narratives from North Africa: South African prisoner-of-war experience following the fall of Tobruk, June 1942
| Autor: | Horn, Karen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Italian forces
Western Desert Campaign Italiaanse magte Tweede Wêreldoorlog Gazala South Africa laer range Tweede Suid-Afrikaanse Infanteriedivisie 2nd South African Infantry Division capture gevangeneming Mersa Matruh World War Two Derna German forces ontvlugting Benghazi Generaal-Majoor H.B. Klopper Major General H.B. Klopper Krygsgevange Tobruk rank and file troops Suid-Afrika Prisoners of war Duitse magte Westelike Woestynveldtog escape |
| Zdroj: | Historia, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-94, Published: NOV 2011 |
| Popis: | South African prisoners of war (POWs) captured at Tobruk in June 1942 experienced similar events and conditions. All shared a feeling of shock at becoming POWs and all of them had to deal with extremely difficult living conditions in prison camps. Attitudes towards their enemies, German or Italian, were for the most part very similar among POWs, although differences can to an extent be ascribed to the home language or family ancestry of the specific POW in question. On the other hand, attitudes towards fellow POWs, especially between black and white, cannot be generalised, and each case needs to be assessed individually. Characteristics unique to South African POWs are even more difficult to identify because the South Africa forces were a very diverse group, with the only distinguishing factor being that of language. When discerning between the general experience and the individual experiences, it is important to separate the circumstances from the POWs reactions to those circumstances, because the circumstances represent the general experience and the reaction to such situations represents the individual experience. OPSOMMING Die Suid-Afrikaners wat in Junie 1942 tydens die val van Tobruk gevange geneem is, het almal gelyksoortige ervarings en omstandighede beleef. Elkeen het die skok van gevangeneming ervaar en almal moes in haglike omstandighede in gevangekampe oorleef. Die krygsgevangenes se houding teenoor die vyand, Duits of Italiaans, was oor die algemeen redelik vergelykbaar. Die onderskeid wat daar wel was, kan tot 'n mate toegeskryf word aan die verskil in huistaal en familie-afkoms tussen die spesifieke krygsgevanges. Wat die verhoudinge tussen krygsgevanges betref, veral tussen wit en swart, kan geen veralgemenings gemaak word nie en elke geval moet individueel ondersoek word. Omdat die Suid-Afrikaners so 'n diverse groep was, met taal een van die min onderskeidende faktore, is dit besonder moeilik om eienskappe te identifiseer wat uniek was aan hulle. Wanneer daar tussen die algemene en individuele ervaring onderskei word, is dit belangrik om 'n onderskeid te tref tussen die omstandighede en die reaksies op die omstandighede omdat die omstandighede die algemene ervaring verteenwoordig terwyl die reaksie daarop die individuele ervaring verteenwoordig. |
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