Title: Letters of Denunciation in the Lyon Region, 1940-1944
Abstract:While the historiography concerning practices of denunciation in central and eastern Europe has advanced rapidly in the last decade, this has not been the case in terms of western Europe. Scholars hav...While the historiography concerning practices of denunciation in central and eastern Europe has advanced rapidly in the last decade, this has not been the case in terms of western Europe. Scholars have devoted impressive amounts of energy to the study of collaboration, but few have touched upon denunciation - except perhaps in pass ing with an oblique reference to a letter of denunciation. In trigued by such references and strongly influenced by Alltagsgeschichte, this essay offers an introduction to the culture of denunciation in the departements of Isere and Rhone, of the Lyon region of France, during World War II. Organized around four specific cases, this essay explores a spectrum of denunciatory experiences found in a sampling of letters and judicial records from French local and na tional archives. Reports and correspondence of the prefects, gendarmerie, and police forces provide greater context and help to flesh out these examples.1Read More
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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