From Alabama to Margraten

From Alabama to Margraten

    Mediumsoort
    Boek
    ISBN
    9789048568369
    Verschijningsdatum
    Taal
    Engels
    Uitgever
    Amsterdam University Press
    Editie / Druk
    1
    Aantal pagina's
    176
    Hoogte
    213
    Breedte
    136
    Bestelnummer
    2025050354
    NUR code
    694

    Uitgeversinformatie

    When he returned to the Netherlands in 2009, decades after World War II, Jefferson Wiggins realized that no one he met knew about the segregated US Army during the war, nor did they know about the contribution of Black American soldiers to the liberation of the Netherlands. They were not mentioned anywhere in Dutch history books or in archives. Together with oral historian Mieke Kirkels, Wiggins sat down to record his memories. Wiggins passed away in 2013, and his widow, Janice Wiggins-Paterson, continued the project in his memory. With newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated, this book gives a lively account of an undocumented story of WWII, Black American, and Dutch military history.