“Though the issue of collaboration, whether active or passive, remains a highly emotive matter in France, the fact was that, in the summer of 1940, most people in the unoccupied zone accepted the armistice.” — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“the US continued to recognise Vichy and the Free French were reduced to operating in the US out of the office of the representative… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“According to de Gaulle’s account, Blum assured him of his interest in the soldier’s ideas. ‘But you fought against them,’ his visitor observed. ‘One… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“Cecil von Renthe-Fink, a tall Prussian aristocrat who advocated the creation of a European confederacy under German leadership with a single currency and a… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“In 1945, Yvonne established an Anne de Gaulle Foundation for Down’s syndrome children in a château bought for the purpose outside Paris, and, after… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“They assure love from the beginning of life to its conclusion and, in the end, they govern our existence.” — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“Though the issue of collaboration, whether active or passive, remains a highly emotive matter in France, the fact was that, in the summer of… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
“French police and the SS worked together on round-ups in Marseille, classified as ‘moral cleansing’. In all, some 75,000 Jews would be deported from… — Jonathan Fenby Copy Share Image
