Title : Pétain, Algeria and Revenge - Alfred Salinas - book Summary : The memory of Vichy is recomposed in the light of the strategy of military revenge initiated by Pétain as a counterpoint to a policy of collaboration coupled with the establishment of a police and anti-Jewish state, grappling with subversive challenges, the most threatening of which was Spanish separatism in Oranie. EAN : 9782343161631 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : My father, this harki - Dalila Kerchouche - book Summary : As a child, I adored my father. As a teenager, I hated him. Because he was a harki, because he supported the French army during the Algerian War, I long believed that my father was a traitor. He never denied it. He never told me anything. Faced with his silence, I decided to follow in the footsteps of a fellah and a shepherdess, my parents, whose lives were turned upside down one morning in June 1962. Forty years later, I retraced their journey through the camps where France herded them: their past and my present were woven, knotted, and intimately intertwined. These pages are their story and my quest. In this journey to the end of shame, I discovered a horrible machinery of social exclusion and human disintegration. And then I crossed the Mediterranean. In Algeria, I continued my quest, in a region at war with Islamism, I found members of my family and my parents' village, which they never saw again. There, I understood who the Harkis really were, their role in the Algerian War, their conflicts, and their secrets too. I finally broke through the silence that weighs on this story. I knew, then, why I had written this book: to speak to my father. EAN : 9782020563390 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Forgotten Holocaust - The Massacre of the Gypsies - Christian Bernadac - book Summary : Renewing the tradition of his major historical investigations into the extermination camps of the Second World War—ten books, whose unpublished testimonies constitute the most complete and irrefutable indictment of Nazi barbarity—Christian Bernadac has focused in "The Forgotten Holocaust" on the unknown martyrdom of these traveling people, the Gypsies, who were condemned—along with the Jews—by the racial laws of the Reich. The horror and immensity of the "Final Solution" of the Jewish problem have, more often than not, masked the organized massacre of European Gypsies. No Gypsies testified at the Nuremberg trials. This "silence" on the disappearance of at least 250,000 Gypsies finds a logical explanation in the absence of a written Gypsy language, but also and above all in the "bad conscience" of all those who have been keen, for centuries, to despise, insult, pursue, reject, and condemn these Bohemians, Romanichels, or other "child and chicken thieves," marginalized not by atavism, but by the sheer force of the attitudes of their contemporaries. Do we know that the French authorities had begun the internment of "the Nomads" in real French concentration camps, built on French territory in the months preceding the Second World War? Christian Bernadac has found the archives of these camps, which are still neglected to be mentioned today. These documents, and an unparalleled collection of testimonies, have allowed the author to retrace in "The Forgotten Holocaust" the long persecution of these families marked, since "the Indian flight", by a curse, in many ways comparable to that which struck the Jewish race. "The Forgotten Holocaust", a revelation that one must - finally - have the courage to discover and read. EAN : Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Myth and Epic I. II. III. - Georges Dumézil - book Summary : Towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC, migrating horsemen, perhaps from southern Russia, swept through most of the European continent in successive waves and pushed as far as the borders of India. These conquerors, who spoke roughly the same language, have conventionally been called Indo-Europeans. They shared a tripartite worldview—the system of three functions—in which the following were articulated, in a hierarchical order: magical and legal sovereignty (the first function); physical, and primarily warlike, strength (the second function); and tranquil and fertile wealth (the third function). Thus, these very distant ancestors were based on a conception of society that distinguished priests, warriors, and pastoralist-farmers in a hierarchical manner. Myth and Epic is devoted to the literary, not theological or religious, uses that the principal Indo-European peoples made of their common heritage. For if the structure of the three functions presents itself first as a machine for making gods, it also reveals itself to be a formidable instrument for the creation of stories. Not only myths, but secular tales, legends, epics, tales where gods and men go off in threes. EAN : 9782070736560 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Middle Ages in questions - Sylvain Gouguenheim - book Summary : Was Clovis's baptism the baptism of France? Were serfs slaves? Did Europe almost die of the plague? And, finally, what reality does the expression Middle Ages refer to? Through forty themes, Sylvain Gouguenheim invites us to delve into ten centuries of Western history. He takes us along the paths of the pioneers of Brocéliande, in the footsteps of pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem; he sweeps us away into the whirlwind of the Champagne fairs and the cavalcades of knights... EAN : 9782847348934 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Last Battle - The Last Battle, May 2, 1945 - Cornelius Ryan - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782221080887 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Plea for a few obscure Jews, victims of Monsieur Papon - Preface by Pierre Vidal-Naquet - Gérard Boulanger - book Please note that some pages may have been highlighted with highlighter or pencil, but this will not interfere with reading. Summary : On April 2, 1998, the verdict of one of the most important French trials of the 20th century was delivered: Maurice Papon was sentenced by the Bordeaux Assize Court to ten years of criminal imprisonment for complicity in crimes against humanity. Secretary General of the Bordeaux Prefecture from 1942 to 1944, he had contributed to the deportation of 1,600 Jewish men, women, and children. A month earlier, on March 9, 1998, Mr. Gérard Boulanger began the pleadings as representative of the first individual plaintiffs and the majority of the civil parties. This Bordeaux lawyer had been actively fighting for this trial to take place since December 8, 1981. It took seventeen years of a twisty investigation for him to finally be able to plead. This book is a faithful transcription of his plea. Gérard Boulanger gives the history of this seventeen-year investigation, of the fierce battle of the civil parties to ensure that the trial took place despite attempts at destabilization. Then he describes the role played by Maurice Papon during the Collaboration. Arriving in Bordeaux in 1942, he was given responsibility for "Jewish questions" and, de facto , significant police powers that would lead to requisitions and several roundups, starting with that of the night of July 15-16, 1942, then to the establishment of a formidable file of Jews. From 1944, Papon tried to cover his tracks, but Gérard Boulanger shattered the pseudo-resistance of the senior official. This book, illustrated throughout with courtroom drawings by Edith Gorren, is an indispensable document that contributes to the national duty of remembrance, an essential text for generations who did not experience the war. It is a plea against forgetting and for the truth to come out: Papon was not a cog in the Vichy bureaucratic machine, but rather an active and merciless executor of its policy of collaboration. EAN : 9782702135518 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Mysterious Doctor Martin - 1895-1969 - Pean Pierre - book Summary : Henri Martin is certainly the greatest conspirator of the century. Born in the midst of the Dreyfus affair, he joined the Action Française at the age of fourteen, fascinated by the anti-republican rhetoric and activism of Charles Maurras's followers. But Martin was a fierce independent and quickly left the monarchist organization, which he deemed too timid. In the 1930s, Jews, Freemasons, international finance, and the Bolsheviks fueled his excitement and his determination to wage war against the adversaries of the values ​​of eternal France in whose name he fought. Then, with a few extremists, he founded the famous Cagoule, whose avowed objective was to overthrow the Republic, fight the Spanish Republicans, and eradicate communism... Martin, who spent his entire life working in political intelligence, put his fierce energy at the service of Pétain. But soon the passion for intrigue took over, first against Laval (deemed too favorable to the occupier), then against part of the Vichy government (which, he thought, was obstructing the National Revolution). Exasperated, the Vichy authorities had him interned in 1942. And Martin would end the war as an agent of the Americans! After the war, he resumed his fight against the communists, and soon his career as a conspirator. His plots against the Fourth Republic were finally diverted by the Gaullists in May 58: Martin was thus a key player in the return of General de Gaulle, whom he nevertheless loathed. Then, of course, it was the OAS Tranquille est la République when Martin rested at... La Santé. Here is an extraordinary journey through the century, the life of a magnificent conspirator, told from an investigation among the last witnesses of this epic, a dive into the archives and the family papers of the mysterious Doctor. EAN : 9782213027845 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Man and Myths - Jean-Pierre Hammel - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782218064289 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Historical Dictionary - Vallaud Dominique - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782286108090 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Pétain my prisoner - Joseph Simon - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782259003865 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Universal History, Volume 9 - The French Revolution and the Empire - Georges-Henri Dumont - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782501004602 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Universal History No. 8 - English power and the end of the old regime 1700-1789 - Georges-Henri Dumont - book Summary : See photos EAN : 9782501004329 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The 20th Century from 1914 to the Present Day - René Rémond - book Summary Understanding one's time is impossible for someone who knows nothing about the past; being a contemporary also means being aware of legacies, whether accepted or contested. Studying yesterday in relation to today - and even tomorrow - is precisely the purpose of this book, which is directly related to a course taught at the Institute of Political Studies (preparatory year). What is the importance of the war of 1914? What is fascism? What are the characteristic elements of the communist world? What are the origins of the Cold War? What happened to Europe in the 20th century? To these questions and a hundred others, this third volume provides clear and rigorous answers. Without any scholarly preoccupation, this work will allow everyone to revise notions that have remained imprecise and to acquire the historical bases essential to the understanding of our time. EAN : 9782020574266 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Three Queens for One King - Claudine Beja - book Summary See photos EAN : 9782221008669 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : Operation Manta - Secret Documents Chad 1983 1984 - Colonel Spartacus - book Summary Telling the truth about how Operation Manta, decided in August 1983, unfolded, explaining the phoney war in Chad and the sinking of the Elysée authorities in the shifting sands of Libya, such will perhaps be my last act as a man of war. EAN : 9782259013307 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title : The Princess of Lamballe - Decker Michel - book Summary A cousin of the kings of Sardinia, sadly married to a prince of debauchery, the Princess of Lamballe fell under the spell of Marie-Antoinette as soon as she arrived at Versailles. And vice versa. But the latter gradually became impulsive and fickle, while the princess desired an exclusive friendship. She fell ill and distanced herself from the court. It took the Revolution and its horrors for the queen to discover that her former friend, unlike so many others who abandoned her, remained loyal to her to the point of allowing herself to be assassinated. Guillotined, her head was hoisted on a pike and paraded beneath the windows of the sovereign, imprisoned in the Temple. Michel de Decker explored numerous boxes of archives, never before dusted, to bring to life this woman, overwhelming in her loyalty, sincerity, and love. EAN : 9782262001568 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Napoleon - Marabout - book EAN: 9782501014182 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: Universal Chronology - Marabout - book EAN: 9782501011785 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: History of the 20th century - Marabout - book EAN: 9782501011792 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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Title: The Reign of Louis XIV 1661-1715 - Bercé Yves-Marie - book EAN: 9782235021814 Used book Book in good condition The book matches the photo

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