Life Under Occupation by Henri Amouroux - Digital Edition

The story of daily life for the French under German Occupation by Henri Amouroux.

1940-1944: Surviving Daily Life Under the Nazi Boot

This essential work explores:

• Daily life under Occupation: Rationing, tickets and resourcefulness
• Black market and ersatz products: Fake coffee, fake tobacco, fake soap
• Radio London and the BBC: Clandestine listening to British radio
• Prisoners of war: Millions of French captives in Germany
• The exodus of June 1940: The debacle and civilian flight
• The Gestapo and repression: Daily German terror
• The maquis fighters: Resistance in the French countryside
• False witnesses: Collaboration, denunciation and betrayals

Henri Amouroux reveals with finesse how the French lived daily under German Occupation, between resourcefulness, resistance and collaboration. Essential analysis for understanding the reality of daily life from 1940 to 1944.

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