When Paris went dark : the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944

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Label

When Paris went dark : the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944

Title remainder

the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944

Statement of responsibility

Ronald C. Rosbottom

Creator

• Rosbottom, Ronald C., 1942-

Author

• Rosbottom, Ronald C., 1942-

Subject

• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944

Language

eng

Summary

• Describes what life was like in Paris after June 1940, when the Nazis occupied France, juxtaposing the eerie sense of normalcy felt by many Parisians with the passion of the strong resistance movement that rose around Charles de Gaulle
• "On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Subsequently, an eerie sense of normalcy settled over the City of Light. Many Parisians keenly adapted themselves to the situation-even allied themselves with their Nazi overlords. At the same time, amidst this darkening gloom of German ruthlessness, shortages, and curfews, a resistance arose. Parisians of all stripes, Jews, immigrants, adolescents, communists, rightists, cultural icons such as Colette, de Beauvoir, Camus and Sartre, as well as police officers, teachers, students, and store owners-rallied around a little known French military officer, Charles de Gaulle. When Paris Went Dark evokes with stunning precision the detail of daily life in a city under occupation, and the brave people who fought against the darkness. Relying on a range of resources--memoirs, diaries, letters, archives, interviews, personal histories, fliers and posters, fiction, photographs, film and historical studies, Rosbottom has forged a groundbreaking book that will forever influence how we understand those dark years in the City of Light."--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

D762.P3

LC item number

R67 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography