The Vichy Syndrome: History and Memory in France Since 1944From the Liberation purges to the Barbie trial, France has struggled with the memory of the Vichy experience: a vivid memory of defeat, occupation, and repression. How has this proud nation dealt with les annees noires? What is the collective memory of those few years: what have the French chosen to remember, what have they chosen to conceal? |
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The Neurosis | 1 |
Vectors of Memory | 219 |
Diffuse Memory | 272 |
Copyright | |
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