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A voice recording, a portrait photo and three drawings: tracing the life of a colonial soldier
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Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
Abstract Out of a total of approximately 1.4 million South Asians fighting in the First World War, more than 90,000 combatants fought on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Nearly 50,000 South Asian labourers were also sent to France and Flanders to support the British troops. During the First World War... view more
Out of a total of approximately 1.4 million South Asians fighting in the First World War, more than 90,000 combatants fought on the Western Front in France and Belgium. Nearly 50,000 South Asian labourers were also sent to France and Flanders to support the British troops. During the First World War, South Asian combatants and non-combatants were taken prisoner in France, Belgium, Mesopotamia, East Africa, and other theatres of war. Around a thousand South Asian military POWs and approximately the same number of civilian South Asians living in Europe were detained in German camps. Within this article, these years of captivity in the life of the colonial soldier Gangaram Gurung are reconstructed - by exploring visual, auditory and textual evidence about him.... view less
Keywords
soldier; colony; First World War; prisoner of war; biography; reconstruction; audiovisual media; text; photography; recording; South Asia; France; Belgium; East Africa; German Reich
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
Mesopotamien
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
14 p.
Series
ZMO Working Papers, 20
ISSN
2191-3897
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications