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Paris at War : 1939–1944 / David Drake.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries onlyDescription: 1 online resource (576 p.) : 40 halftones, 3 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674495890
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.53/44361 23
LOC classification:
  • D762.P3 D73 2015eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction: The Road to War -- 1. The Phoney War -- 2. Blitzkrieg and Exodus -- 3. Parisians and Germans, Germans and Parisians -- 4. Paris, German Capital of France -- 5. Unemployment, Rationing, Vichy against Jews, Montoire -- 6. From Mass Street Protest to the “Führer’s Generous Gesture” -- 7. Protests, Pillaging, “V” for Victory, the First Roundup of Jews -- 8. Resistance and Repression -- 9. Resistance, Punishment, Allied Bombs, and Deportation -- 10. SS Seizure of Security, the Yellow Star, the Vél’d’Hiv’ Roundup, La Relève -- 11. Denunciations, Distractions, Deprivations -- 12. Labour Conscription, Resistance, the French Gestapo -- 13. Anti- Bolshevism, Black Market, More Bombs, Drancy -- 14. A Serial Killer on the Run, Pétain in Paris, the Milice on the Rampage, the Allies on Their Way -- 15. The Liberation of Paris -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Dramatis Personae -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Index
Summary: David Drake chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during WWII, drawing on diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these years. From his account emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city and the contingent lives of resisters, collaborators, occupiers, and victims who, unlike us, could not know how the story would end.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Introduction: The Road to War -- 1. The Phoney War -- 2. Blitzkrieg and Exodus -- 3. Parisians and Germans, Germans and Parisians -- 4. Paris, German Capital of France -- 5. Unemployment, Rationing, Vichy against Jews, Montoire -- 6. From Mass Street Protest to the “Führer’s Generous Gesture” -- 7. Protests, Pillaging, “V” for Victory, the First Roundup of Jews -- 8. Resistance and Repression -- 9. Resistance, Punishment, Allied Bombs, and Deportation -- 10. SS Seizure of Security, the Yellow Star, the Vél’d’Hiv’ Roundup, La Relève -- 11. Denunciations, Distractions, Deprivations -- 12. Labour Conscription, Resistance, the French Gestapo -- 13. Anti- Bolshevism, Black Market, More Bombs, Drancy -- 14. A Serial Killer on the Run, Pétain in Paris, the Milice on the Rampage, the Allies on Their Way -- 15. The Liberation of Paris -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chronology -- Dramatis Personae -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements -- Index

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David Drake chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during WWII, drawing on diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these years. From his account emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city and the contingent lives of resisters, collaborators, occupiers, and victims who, unlike us, could not know how the story would end.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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