PREWArAs Researcher and team member Amerigo Caruso visits the NRW Archive in Muenster to investigate how would private police operate during the miners’ strikes between 1890 and 1910 and what was its connection with local enterprises. The German archives preserve documents and resources of great interest on such type of Armed groups.
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PREWArAs Researcher and team member Romain Bonnet focuses his research on the Jaunes (the “Yellows”, a French independent labour Union) and on strike-breaking groups, both of them are significant examples of Armed Associations operating in France before the outbreak of WWI.
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PREWArAs Researcher and team member Romain Bonnet visits the Bibliothèque de Droit et de Lettres in Dijon, which preserves an interesting collection of Doctoral Theses dating back to the period 1890 – 1922 and dealing with the topic of legitimate defense, which is strictly connected to the legal framework allowing armed associations to operate in
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The ANOM – Archives d’Outre-Mer at Aix en Provence, in France – preserves several documents and letters reporting the activities of royal militias in the French colonies. Collections of resources concern the Madagascar, the New Guinea, the Martinique and Indochina areas.
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