Marianne in Chains
In Search of the German Occupation 1940-45
by Robert Gildea
- Publication
- First published 2002
- ISBNs
- 9780805075922, 9780312423599, 9781466850217
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In France, the German occupation is called simply the "dark years." There were only the "good French" who resisted and the "bad French" who collaborated. Marianne in Chains, a broad and provocative history drawing on previously unseen archives, firsthand interviews, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, uncovers the complex truth of the time. Robert Gildea's groundbreaking study reveals the everyday life in the heart of occupied France; the pressing imperatives of work, food, transportation, and family obligations that led to unavoidable compromise and negotiation with the army of occupation. - Publisher.
Prize history
- Winner
- Orwell Prize for Political WritingShortlist
Orwell Prize for Books, before the 2019 split.
