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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Journal Journal Hélène Berr From April 1942 to March 1944, Hélène Berr, a recent graduate of the Sorbonne, kept a journal that is an intensely moving, intimate and harrowing text of astonishing literary maturity. Her last recor… OL12020070W
De l'autre côté de l'eau De l'autre côté de l'eau Dominique de La Motte 165 p. : 20 cm OL13780897W
Journal d'un rappelé d'Algérie Journal d'un rappelé d'Algérie Claude Rosales "Quantité d'ouvrages ont déjà été publiés sur ce que l'on a bien longtemps appelé pudiquement "Maintien de l'ordre et Opérations de police" et que depuis peu l'on ose enfin nommer 'La guerre d'Algéri… OL13839654W
Vietnam, qu'as-tu fait de tes fils? Vietnam, qu'as-tu fait de tes fils? Pierre Darcourt The story of South Vietnam of 1975 when it fell under communist domination. Chapter 1: Sous le signe du buffle favorable Ch2 : Hanoi sape le credit de Saigon Ch3: La campagne Ho Chi Minh Ch4: Th… OL1699699W
Gardens of stone Gardens of stone Stephen Grady September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece: A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write. September 1939, Nieppe, Nor… OL17876994W
My battle of Algiers My battle of Algiers Ted Morgan Historian and biographer Morgan recalls a war that we would do well not to forget, recounting his own experiences as a French soldier in the savage Algerian War in 1956-1957. A Yale graduate who had … OL1961782W
33 days 33 days Léon Werth "A rare eyewitness account by an important author of fleeing the Nazis' march on Paris in 1940, featuring a never-before-published introduction by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. In June of 1940, Leon Wert… OL20002638W
Marcel's letters Marcel's letters Carolyn Porter "A graphic designer's search for inspiration leads to a cache of letters and the mystery of one man's fate during World War II. Seeking inspiration for a new font design in an antique store in small-… OL20058563W
Une terrasse en Algérie Une terrasse en Algérie Jean-Louis Comolli "We met on the terrace of the Excelsior. Every night. Fifteen years was our age. Algeria was still a French colony, but the war, under the name of "pacification", had entered the scene, sweeping Albe… OL20857714W
Geschichten aus Dachau Geschichten aus Dachau Joseph Rovan An autobiographical account by a German Jew (later professor of German history and political sciences at the Sorbonne) who was arrested for resistance activities in France in 1944 and sent to Dachau.… OL24266952W
Under fire Under fire Henri Barbusse Henri Barbusse's Under Fire: The Story of a Squad (in the original French Le Feu: journal d'une escouade) was one of the first novels about World War I. Published at the end of 1916, it was based on … OL243207W
Wine and war Wine and war 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… OL5848777W
Résistance Résistance Agnès Humbert A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris dur… OL7184061W
Tank-fighter team Tank-fighter team Robert M. Gerard The story of a Groupe Franc de Cavalerie lieutenant, who fought the German invasion of France during the weeks prior to the Fall of France (WWII). OL7663453W
Pilote de guerre Pilote de guerre Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Flight to Arras is Saint-Exupéry's recollection of the final shattering days during World War II when, though the defeat of France was imminent, a pitifully inadequate number of French pilots and the… OL86698W