PARIS AT WAR: 1939-1944
Book ID/图书代码： 00200015B85667
English Summary/英文概要： Paris at War chronicles the lives of ordinary Parisians during World War II, from September 1939 when France went to war with Nazi Germany to liberation in August 1944. Readers will relive the fearful exodus from the city as the German army neared the capital, the relief and disgust felt when the armistice was signed, and the hardships and deprivations under Occupation. David Drake contrasts the plight of working-class Parisians with the comparative comfort of the rich, exposes the activities of collaborationists, and traces the growth of the Resistance from producing leaflets to gunning down German soldiers. He details the intrigues and brutality of the occupying forces, and life in the notorious transit camp at nearby Drancy, along with three other less well known Jewish work camps within the city.
The book gains its vitality from the diaries and reminiscences of people who endured these tumultuous years. Drake’s cast of characters comes from all walks of life and represents a diversity of political views and social attitudes. We hear from a retired schoolteacher, a celebrated economist, a Catholic teenager who wears a yellow star in solidarity with Parisian Jews, as well as Resistance fighters, collaborators, and many other witnesses.
Drake enriches his account with details from police records, newspapers, radio broadcasts, and newsreels. From his chronology emerge the broad rhythms and shifting moods of the city. Above all, he explores the contingent lives of the people of Paris, who, unlike us, co-uld not know how the story would end.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 该书记录了1939年9月法国对纳粹德国宣战至1944年8月盟军解放巴黎期间普通巴黎人的生活，展现了德军逼近巴黎时大批巴黎人弃城而去的景象，贝当政府向德国投降时法国人解脱感与厌恶感交织的心情，以及法国被德国占领时期法国人生活的困苦。
德雷克将巴黎劳动阶层所处的困境与富裕人群相对舒适的生活进行对比，揭露了通敌卖国者的活动，并追踪了法国抵抗运动从制作传单到枪击纳粹军人的发展历程。德雷克详细描述了占领军的阴谋和暴行以及德朗西中转集中营（Camp de Drancy）和巴黎附近其他三处犹太人集中营在押者的生存状态。
该书取材于经历过那些动荡岁月的人们的日记和回忆，他们来自各行各业，代表着多种政治立场和对待社会的态度。德雷克还从警方记录、报纸、广播节目、新闻影片中收集了很多细节信息。读者通过该书可以了解第二次世界大战期间巴黎人的生活景象和心理变化。
Awards/获奖情况：A fascinating, quick-paced, and moving history with a strong narrative. Drake’s Paris at War is the product of thorough and far-reaching research and sensitive interpretation. (Rod Kedward, author of France and the French: A Modern History)
David Drake’s gripping story moves away from well-known heroes and villains to the lives of ordinary Parisians and their daily struggle to survive the vagaries of the German occupation… He captures the sense of helplessness as citizens confronted repression, hunger, fierce winters and even Allied bombing. Rich in detail and eye-opening anecdotes, these pages make an important contribution to the scholarship of the occupation by remembering the most innocent and vulnerable victims of the darkest years of the City of Light. (Alan Riding, author of And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris)
Rich in detail and eye-opening anecdotes, David Drake’s gripping story moves away from well-known heroes and villains to the lives of ordinary Parisians and their daily struggle to survive the vagaries of the German occupation. (Alan Riding, author of And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris)
With access to the diaries of everyday citizens who lived through the Nazi occupation of Paris, Drake assembles a valuable picture of ‘personal history, remembered conversations, the minutiae of routine, fragments of memory.’…Presenting the story chronologically, Drake creates an easily comprehensible, even exciting, narrative. The author vividly portrays the desperation of searching for food, fuel, and clothing, along with the dangers of arrest and false accusations…The passive resistance, the roundups, the collaborationists, and the young communists are all part of the lore of wartime Paris, and Drake does a solid job exploring how it all affected ‘Parisians of all ages.’ Students of French and World War II history will enjoy and learn from this well-written book. (Kirkus Reviews 2015-07-15)
About the Author/作者介绍： David Drake has taught at universities in London and Paris and has published widely on French intellectual and cultural history.
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