When Paris Went Dark The City of Light Under German Occupation 19401944 by Ronald C Rosbottom
Brand: Little, Brown & Company
Product Description
The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazioccupied Paris. 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 situationeven 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 flyers 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. show more
Condition : New
Author : Ronald C Rosbottom
Weight : 528.23
Publisher : Little Brown ampamp Company
Language : English
EAN : 9780316217439
ISBN10 : 0316217433
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20130328
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 137 X 208 X 41mm