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Au revoirs History
Au revoir, les enfants Historical Connections
| Français | English |
|---|---|
| Charles de Gaulle | leader of the Free French Forces based in London |
| zone libre | French-controlled area of Southern France, 1940-1942 |
| Vichy | town in central France where the French government was located from 1940-1944 |
| Maréchal Philippe Pétain | President of the non-democratic French State, July 1940 to September 1944 |
| un pétainiste | supporter of Pétain |
| Drancy | internment camp outside of Paris where foreign Jews were sent before being transported to German concentration camps |
| La relève | program that exchanged 1 French prisoner of war for 3 French workers who volunteered to work in Germany |
| Marseilles | largest port city in Southern France that was raided by Germans and French police in January 1943 |
| la milice | French Militia created in January 1943 to fight the French resistance |
| les collabos | French people who actively collaborated with the Germans |
| le maquis | popular name for the French Resistance |
| Gestapo | German secret police |
| Service du travail obligatoire (STO) | compulsory work in German labor camps for all French males between 20 and 23 |
| les réfractaires | French men who refused to perform STO |
| Janvier 1944 | month in which Au revoir, les enfants takes place |
| June 6, 1944 | Allied forces land in Normandy (D-Day) |
| Pierre Laval | Prime Minister of France, 1942-1944, charged with negotiating with the Germans |