When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 - Paperback

$24.99

When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 - Paperback

Name: When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 - Paperback
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SKU: 9780316217439
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by Ronald C. Rosbottom

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Book Overview

The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied 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 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, 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.

ISBN	9780316217439
Author	Ronald C. Rosbottom
Publisher	Little, Brown Paperbacks
Genre	History
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2015
Language	ENG- English
Pages	496
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print