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Paris at war, 1939-1944
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David Drake |
Chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during World War II, from September 1939 when France went to war with Nazi Germany to liberation in August 1944. Relive the fearful exodus from the city as … |
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The lost airman
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Seth Meyerowitz |
Documents the story of a World War II American Air Force turret-gunner who was one of two escapees when his team's plane was shot down near Cognac in 1943, tracing his harrowing six-month flight to s… |
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Rosie's War
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Rosemary Say,Noel Holland |
"This is the extraordinary true story of Rosemary Say and of her escape from a German-run internment camp in Occupied [Vichy] France. Written in Rosemary's own words and completed by her daughter and… |
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Parisiennes
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Anne Sebba |
xxxiv, 451 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm |
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The Haunting Past
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Henry Rousso |
"In The Haunting Past, French historian Henry Rousso discusses the varied and controversial treatments of French collaboration with the Nazis during the Vichy regime, focusing specifically on the rol… |
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Marianne in chains
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Robert Gildea |
In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who collaborated. Marianne in Chains, a broad and provocative h… |
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Lest innocent blood be shed
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Philip Paul Hallie |
Tells of the struggle of a Protestant village in Nazi-controlled France to save Jews from persecution. Despite the obvious risks and the many sacrifices, the people of Le Chambon succeeded in hiding … |
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The French at War 1934-1944
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Nicholas Atkin |
Covering the Occupation, the Vichy regime, the Resistance and collaboration, Nick Atkin provides an introduction to the years 1934-1944, France's most contentious decade. |
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Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France
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Richard H. Weisberg |
The involvement of Vichy France with Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policy has long been a source of debate and contention. At a time when France, after decades of denial, has finally acknowledged respon… |
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Jews and gender in liberation France
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K. H. Adler |
This book takes a new look at occupied and liberated France through the dual prism of race (specifically Jewishness) and gender - core components of Vichy ideology. The imagining of liberation, and t… |
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Wine and war
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Don Kladstrup |
In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, w… |
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