Fleeing Hitler

Zusatztext Diamond has providedus with a compelling account of the exodus, one which vividly brings to life a period of profound upheaval in French society. Informationen zum Autor Hanna Diamond is Senior Lecturer in French History in the Department of European Studies at the University of Bath. She lived and taught in Paris for many years and has spent her career researching into the lives of the French people during the twentieth century. Her previous book, Women and the Second World War in France 1939-48: choices and constraints is also based on personal narratives and oral history. It was the first to explore the range of women's experiences of the war. She is currently working on a micro history of a mining community in southern France. Zusammenfassung Using eyewitness accounts, this is the first ever account of how the fall of France to the Germans in 1940 affected the lives of ordinary French people.

Product details

• Authors: Hanna Diamond, Hanna (Senior Lecturer in French History Diamond, Diamond Hanna
• Assisted by: L. O'Flaherty (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2008
• EAN: 9780199532599
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953259-9
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 216 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Oral History, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General