Au revoirs History Word Scramble
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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 |
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