I blame all the people in the BoB rewatchSince its the Holidays and as such, we've all got some free time/disposable income how about a rec post on some of our favorite WWII/War-themed books
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If you're interested in French history of the period, and allow me to make a few more suggestions (and out myself as a history major):
Louis Calaferte's C'est la Guerre is a novel similar to The Silence of the Sea, and as equally well read in France. There's been a lot of recent scholarship done on the Resistance (Matthew Cobb, The Resistance) and most historians recognize a general historiographical shift away from the conception that there were far greater numbers of resistants vs. collaborateurs, and that the Resistance and de Gaulle had the same goals for France.
While it's great to start with the French Resistance, I think Vichy France is endlessly fascinating. Especially books and movies that got past the Nazi censors. Jean Anouilh's Antigone is a classic. And particularly close to my heart is the case of Alsace, which was annexed like Austria after the defeat of France in 1940. Tomi Ungerer's autobiography (Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis) is a great example of what it was like for Alsatians to be told (again) that they were no longer French but long lost brothers of the German race.
I'm so sorry I'm late to this comment, college just ugh. But thank you for all these recs, I've only ever really heard of bits and pieces of the French Resistance, barely anything mentioned besides that they were around in my survey class. I'm actually really intrested to learn more about how life was like under the Vichy, and more about Alsace, which was literally just a footnote in one of my text books.
I really can't thank you enough for these, Tomi and The Resistance in particular. I know Amazon is already going to be very acquainted with me soon enough right as soon as winter break hits.
Oh, no worries, I totally understand how crazy the end of the semester can get. I took a class on Vichy France, hence all the lit recs, but because of that I don't no of a single history book that's a good starting point. If you're interested in Alsace, it makes a lot of sense to go back to the Franco-Prussian and WWI. Sorry I keep bugging you, Alsace at the outbreak of WWI is what I'm doing my thesis on, so it's started to take over my life :)
Oh it's no problem at all! Like I said, I find this stuff interesting so I don't mind in the slightest, I'm glad for all the recs because like I said, I'm totally clueless on my own since I've got barely knowledge on the subject myself.
If you're interested in French history of the period, and allow me to make a few more suggestions (and out myself as a history major):
Louis Calaferte's C'est la Guerre is a novel similar to The Silence of the Sea, and as equally well read in France. There's been a lot of recent scholarship done on the Resistance (Matthew Cobb, The Resistance) and most historians recognize a general historiographical shift away from the conception that there were far greater numbers of resistants vs. collaborateurs, and that the Resistance and de Gaulle had the same goals for France.
While it's great to start with the French Resistance, I think Vichy France is endlessly fascinating. Especially books and movies that got past the Nazi censors. Jean Anouilh's Antigone is a classic. And particularly close to my heart is the case of Alsace, which was annexed like Austria after the defeat of France in 1940. Tomi Ungerer's autobiography (Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis) is a great example of what it was like for Alsatians to be told (again) that they were no longer French but long lost brothers of the German race.
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I really can't thank you enough for these, Tomi and The Resistance in particular. I know Amazon is already going to be very acquainted with me soon enough right as soon as winter break hits.
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