Bibliograph

When Paris went dark, the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944, Ronald C. Rosbottom

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When Paris went dark, the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944, Ronald C. Rosbottom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-429) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When Paris went dark

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

863596058

Responsibility statement

Ronald C. Rosbottom

Sub title

the City of Light under German occupation, 1940-1944

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

Table Of Contents

Chronology of the Occupation of Paris -- Major Personalities -- Preface -- Introduction -- A Nation Disintegrates -- Waiting for Hitler -- Minuet (1940-1941) -- City Without a Face-The Occupier's Lament -- Narrowed Lives -- The Dilemmas of Resistance -- The Most Narrowed Lives-The Hunt for Jews -- How Much Longer? (1942-1944) -- Liberation-A Whodunit -- Angry Aftermath-Back on Paris Time -- Is Paris Still Occupied? -- Appendix: De Gaulle's Speech on the Liberation of Paris -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

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