Paris at War: 1939-1944

by David Drake

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674495913
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	11/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Prologue Introduction: The Road to War, September 1938–September 1939 1. The Phoney War, September 3, 1939–May 10, 1940 2. Blitzkrieg and Exodus, May 10, 1940–June 14, 1940 3. Parisians and Germans, Germans and Parisians People of Paris 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