HIST 202: European Civilization, 1648-1945
Lecture 23 - Collaboration and Resistance in World War II. One of the principal myths concerning collaboration during World War II in France, as in other countries, is that the domestic collaborators did so despite themselves,
or to prevent even greater atrocities. In fact, many French, Belgians, Hungarians, Poles, Dutch and others voluntarily and enthusiastically abetted the occupying Germans. This collaboration, inspired by anti-Semitism and xenophobia,
often resulted in extremely zealous persecution of Jewish nationals, communists, and others. Along with the myth of reluctant collaboration, France has also been obliged to confront the myth of widespread resistance, promulgated in part by
a victorious Charles de Gaulle. Many questions concerning collaboration and resistance still remain unresolved in formerly occupied European countries to this day.
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| Lecture 23 - Collaboration and Resistance in World War II |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Resistance in Eastern and Southern Europe |
| [00:05:19] | 2. Charles de Gaulle and Memory of the Second World War |
| [00:12:06] | 3. Writing the History of French Collaboration: Developments in the 1970s and 1980s |
| [00:25:26] | 4. The Work of the French Resistance |
| [00:38:08] | 5. Communism and Resistance |
| References |
| Lecture 23 - Collaboration and Resistance in World War II Instructor: Professor John Merriman. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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