Jean-Jacques Bohl will describe a country torn between two governments, dealing with the day to day realities of divided loyalties while coping with an army of occupation. It was a time of mythologies, which still haunts today’s French political discourse. It was a time of heroic deeds and abject cowardice, while the French literary spirit continued to blossom. An honest and informative lecture that will shatter preconceived ideas.
Lecture: France between 1940 and 1944, a Tale of Two Countries
