Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP
Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP

Pont-l'Évêque under the Occupation - OREP

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« I grew up in Pont-l'Évêque in the silence of what had happened under the Occupation. Of course I knew that Doctor Étienne Grandrie had been deported, as had the charcutier Émile Pidoux and the lawyer Henri Féquet. I also knew that my grandfather, Jules Letac, had been elected mayor in December 1944. But does one truly know what happens when an enemy army occupies a town in the Pays d'Auge, imposing its law, its repression and its destruction? When the collaborationist government of Marshal Pétain lends a hand to the victors? The weight of that era still hangs over the town, because the transmission of memory never took place. »

This work is the result of extensive research conducted by historian Marie-Jo Bonnet. The gendarmerie archives of the period — a goldmine previously untapped — enabled the author to gather testimonies from resistance fighters, collaborators and residents of Pont-l'Évêque. Testimonies that provide answers but also raise many questions about the Liberation, the post-war purges, the trials, and the terrible battle of August 1944 that destroyed the town.

 

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Author 1
BONNET Marie-Jo
Publication date
September 4, 2024
Pages
216
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
OREP EDITIONS
EAN
9782815106870

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