Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
unwilling soldaten, Hilter's army, WWII, Slovene
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Theatre and Media Arts
Abstract
“[They said] we were called by the Furer and by God to help defend our home.”
So they were told, but of the 90,000 Slovene men, young and old, forced from their provincial homes and into German uniforms at the beginning of WWII, few were convinced. Swayed instead by commanders with rifles, threats to life and family, and stories of torture, hanging, even beheading, nearly one fifth the population of the tiny European country chose hell over death and became part of Hitler’s expansive and short-lived military force between 1942 and 1945.
Recommended Citation
Snider, Stacy and Russell, Thomas
(2014)
"Unwilling Soldaten: The Story of Slovene Conscripts in Hitler’s Army,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 546.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/546