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Les
Années Noires: France on Trial, 1940-44
Thursday, October 20, 2005
11:45-1:00 PM
H401
Paul Solon
The years 1940-1944 encompass the most dramatic
and traumatic episode in modern French history. Their story is classically
told in sequential terms of defeat, occupation, collaboration, resistance,
and liberation. The narrative is credible but I would like us to
consider whether it is entirely convincing. How else might this
story be told and what to be gained by reinventing it?

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