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Resisting Fragments

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Ego-histories of France and the Second World War

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Laurent Douzou’s research has been dedicated to the history of France during the Second World War. His ego-history focuses primarily on his PhD dissertation, started in 1984 and completed in 1993: it investigated the Resistance movement Libération-Sud, which operated in the southern part of France. This essay discusses the difficulties involved in carrying out research on this subject, particularly owing to the lack of written archives related to underground activities and the ideological lens through which this history has been perceived since 1944. The author describes the learning processes he underwent as a historian and retraces the development of his methodology, as well as the gradual widening of his research interests.

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    Editors’ note: Please refer to the introduction to this volume (Chapter “Introduction: Ego-histories, France and the Second World War”) for additional information on the Habilitation  à diriger des recherches.

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    Editors’ note: The ‘classes préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles’ is a two-year post-secondary education course which prepares its candidates to take the ‘Grandes Écoles’ competitive entrance exams . ‘Grande Écoles’ are highly selective and very prestigious higher education establishments (see also Dambre , Chapter “Currents and Counter-Currents”).

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    It should be noted here that the Party apparatus made a clear distinction between communist and non-communist members of the Resistance. Those who were not under the aegis of the Communist Party and its strict surveillance were, by definition, suspect and were not trusted. They may well have been useful, but the very fact that they were beyond the pale—whether by accident or design—made them very different from militants who were under strict Communist control.

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    Laurent Douzou

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Douzou, L. (2018). Resisting Fragments. In: Bragança, M., Louwagie, F. (eds) Ego-histories of France and the Second World War. The Holocaust and its Contexts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70860-7_4

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