Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation
Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation

Shorn Women – The Bonfires of the Liberation

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Humiliated, ostracised, cast out on the roads of disgrace for having had a "culpable" liaison with an occupier — falsely accused or not of "horizontal collaboration" — this work examines the fate of more than 20,000 women in France between 1943 and 1946.

 

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Author 1
Dominique François
Publication date
May 2025
Pages
112
Illustrations
Around a hundred
Cover
Paperback
Format
20.0 cm × 16.5 cm
Language
French
Publisher
OREP

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