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Chronology of the Occupation of Paris
Major personalities
Introduction. Faux Paris ; Sequestering Medusa ; Paris was different
A nation disintegrates. Preludes ; Three traumas
Waiting for Hitler. "They" arrive, and are surprised ; One who stayed, one who left ; "They" settle in ; Hitler's own tour ; The Führer's urbanophobia
Minuet (1940-1941). How do you occupy a city? ; For some, Paris was a bubble ; Dancing the minuet ; Correct, but still Nazis ; "To bed, to bed!" ; An execution in Paris
City without a face : the occupier's lament. Paris had already welcomed the Nazis
before the occupation ; The occupiers are surprised, too ; A dreamer in exile ; Sexually occupied ; A "better" German ; Recollected solitude
Narrowed lives. Narrowing and boredom ; The apartment ; A crowded Métro ; The informer ; The queue
Dilemmas of resistance. Quoi faire? ; Resistant Paris ; Bébés terroristes ; The red poster ; A female resistance ; Who got the credit?
The most narrowed lives : the hunt for Jews. Being Jewish in Paris ; Three girls on the move ; A gold star ; The big roundup
How much longer? (1942-1944). "You can come over now!" ; The plague ; Observers from the palace ; Signs of defeat
Liberation : a whodunit. Is Paris worth a detour? ; The beast of Sevastopol arrives ; "Tous aux barricades!" ; Why do Americans smile so much? ; Whodunit?
Angry aftermath : back on Paris time. Rediscovering purity ; "Kill all the bastards!" ; The return of lost souls
Is Paris still occupied? De Gaulle creates a script ; Stumbling through memory ; Should we blame Paris? ; "The landscape of our confusions"
Appendix. De Gaulle's speech on the Liberation of Paris.
Major personalities
Introduction. Faux Paris ; Sequestering Medusa ; Paris was different
A nation disintegrates. Preludes ; Three traumas
Waiting for Hitler. "They" arrive, and are surprised ; One who stayed, one who left ; "They" settle in ; Hitler's own tour ; The Führer's urbanophobia
Minuet (1940-1941). How do you occupy a city? ; For some, Paris was a bubble ; Dancing the minuet ; Correct, but still Nazis ; "To bed, to bed!" ; An execution in Paris
City without a face : the occupier's lament. Paris had already welcomed the Nazis
before the occupation ; The occupiers are surprised, too ; A dreamer in exile ; Sexually occupied ; A "better" German ; Recollected solitude
Narrowed lives. Narrowing and boredom ; The apartment ; A crowded Métro ; The informer ; The queue
Dilemmas of resistance. Quoi faire? ; Resistant Paris ; Bébés terroristes ; The red poster ; A female resistance ; Who got the credit?
The most narrowed lives : the hunt for Jews. Being Jewish in Paris ; Three girls on the move ; A gold star ; The big roundup
How much longer? (1942-1944). "You can come over now!" ; The plague ; Observers from the palace ; Signs of defeat
Liberation : a whodunit. Is Paris worth a detour? ; The beast of Sevastopol arrives ; "Tous aux barricades!" ; Why do Americans smile so much? ; Whodunit?
Angry aftermath : back on Paris time. Rediscovering purity ; "Kill all the bastards!" ; The return of lost souls
Is Paris still occupied? De Gaulle creates a script ; Stumbling through memory ; Should we blame Paris? ; "The landscape of our confusions"
Appendix. De Gaulle's speech on the Liberation of Paris.