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