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

    Written by Ronald C. Rosbottom

    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2014
    ISBN9781478953906
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    When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944
    Author

    Ronald C. Rosbottom

    Ronald C. Rosbottom is the Winifred L. Arms Professor in the Arts and Humanities and a professor of French, European Studies, and Architectural Studies at Amherst College. Previously he was Dean of the Faculty at Amherst; he is a Chevalier de l’Académie des Palmes Académiques. His previous book, When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He divides his time between Amherst, Massachusetts, and Paris.

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    • 1/5
      Lots of great narratives buried in there. Just not well written or organized.
    • 4/5
      I think everyone should read this and any other accounts of WWII. That generation is passing away and this new generation knows nothing of the horror and sacrifice during the war. The author gives an enlightening view of the French during occupation, I learned a lot.
    • 5/5
      "Children could accompany their parents" to the concentration camps, said Laval. That remark was made after children had been ripped away from their parents and disappeared. Deja vu here or am I suffering from double-audition? Hmmmmm. I don't "love" this book, dear Scribd pagemaker, I am impressed and horrified. What we have not learned from history will come back to remind us, one way or another. Today's debasement-stories are one way. TY very much for offering this audiobook. I had no idea and reeling in horror from what I learned. But why my review is being printed in duplicate is beyond me. Apologies to the readers.

      3 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I always had a kind of black and white view of what happened in France under the occupation. This attitude has been much affected by the comprehensive treatment of that period by the author. One can't help but put oneself in the place of those people who suffered under those conditions. I ask myself what would I have done? I guess you can't really answer that question without actually having experienced it but one can't help but wonder at the extraordinary landscape of human reactions. Still there are some things that still feel unforgivable under any circumstances.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great overview of the psychological and sociological aspects of the occupation. Well researched and well written

      1 person found this helpful