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WWII in Retrospect: Documenting Women in Occupied France


March 19, 2015
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Boston University Castle
March 19, 2015
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Boston University Castle

Even after 70 years, the full history of WWII is still unfolding with
the ongoing discovery of documents and belated recognition of those
who contributed to the Allied victory. The panel will contextualize
the often underrepresented role of women in war, the importance of
archives in preserving the memory of war, and highlight the wartime
experiences of women in Occupied France.
Examples to be presented include noted writer Irène Némerovsky, who
composed "Suite Française" just before perishing at Auschwitz, and two
heroines of the French Resistance, Germaine Tillion and Geneviève de
Gaulle-Anthonioz.

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