Every Word You Write ... Vichy Will Be Watching You

Surveillance of Public Opinion in the Gard Department 1940-1944: The Postal Control System During Vichy France

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Following France's military defeat in 1940, Marshal Pétain and his Vichy regime drastically expanded upon the role of a top secret organization known as the Postal Surveillance System. The organization served two purposes: to find out how people felt about Vichy's policies, including collaboration with Nazi Germany, and to keep an eye on activities the new government deemed suspicious. Over seventy years later the private letters, telegrams, and phone conversations collected through the Postal Surveillance System provide a wealth of information about the dark years of 1940-1944. Every Word You Write¿.¿.¿.¿Vichy Will Be Watching You draws from these communications to vividly convey what life was like for the French as they coped with intolerable living conditions. It also details the scurrilous treatment handed out to foreign and French-born Jews by Pétain's government. By allowing the stolen words of ordinary French citizens to speak for themselves, Robert W. Parson offers us a view of history that we seldom find in textbooks.
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Schrijver
Parson, Robert W
Titel
Every Word You Write ... Vichy Will Be Watching You
Uitgever
Wheatmark
Jaar
2013
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
420
Gewicht
634 gr
EAN
9781604948837
Afmetingen
152 x 228 x 29 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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