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The Malgré-nous (Despite Ourselves) are the roughly 130,000 young Alsatians from Lorraine, many of them recruited by force, who served under the Nazis during World War II.
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Length: 1:35
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The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre took place over a half a century ago, but France still remembers.
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A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, last piloted by noted writer Saint-Exupéry, who presumably went down with it on July 31, 1944, has been found and identified off the coast of Marseille. This gives credence to a local fisherman who, six years ago, claimed to have netted the author’s ID bracelet.
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On the 9th of November, 1989, a wall that divided the German city of Berlin began to fall along with the East German state that built it. Claudia Rusch, a young francophile, was one of the first to scramble over what remained of the divide, meeting up with French friends on the western side. She’s recently recounted her story in a book, which is a best-seller in her native Germany.
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Length: 1:52
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What is the best way to explain the horrors of the Holocaust to nine-year-old children? France’s Holocaust memorial has taken measures to avoid disturbing children, by placing the most graphic photographs out of their line of sight, and by offering a tour specifically designed for younger viewers. The idea is for children to learn about this dark moment in our history, without being overwhelmed.
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Length: 2:34
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Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus”—French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.
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Length: 1:53
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What was life like for the poilus, French soldiers of World War I? In sum, much, much harder than our lives. Subjected to bullets, bombs, death, and all the atrocities of war, these soldiers fought bitterly to protect their homeland, and one another.
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Length: 3:33
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Parks, streets, boulevards, a storied history, and an eclectic mix of people: Belleville has it all! This historic neighborhood in Paris’s 20th arrondissement has been home to many different immigrant groups over the years and in recent times has taken a turn for the “bobo.”
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