Something not discussed much: The joys of French collaboration with the Germans
In 1943, more books were published in France than in either the United States or Britain.
Interesting fact: In 1943, more books were published in France than in either the United States or Britain. “The German system of control depended heavily on French self-censorship,” Cora Sol Goldstein writes in an essay in the October issue of the Journal of Military History.
Another interesting fact: “There are no records of even a single French policeman refusing to follow the order to round up French Jews.”
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