Bibliograph

Les Parisiennes, how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation, Anne Sebba

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Les Parisiennes, how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation, Anne Sebba

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Les Parisiennes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

932576483

Responsibility statement

Anne Sebba

Sub title

how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation

Summary

What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949? These were years of fear, power, aggression, courage, deprivation and secrets until--finally--renewal and retribution. Even at the darkest moments of Occupation, with the Swastika flying from the Eiffel Tower, glamour was ever present. It was women more than men who came face to face with the German conquerors on a daily basis--perhaps selling them their clothes or travelling alongside them on the Metro, where a German soldier had priority over seats. By looking at a wide range of individuals from collaborators to resisters, actresses and prostitutes to teachers and writers, Anne Sebba shows that women made life-and-death decisions every day, and often did whatever they needed to survive

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