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Life in Occupied France

2nd August 1941: The German occupation is underpinned by strict laws

Aug 02, 2021
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France was a very good posting for anyone in the Wehrmacht.

In August 1941 Agnes Humbert was in a French prison after she and her colleagues had been caught circulating anti German literature. The Germans cracked down on even the smallest acts of resistance:

The news from the Eastern Front may be disastrous, but we still do our best to keep up the spirits…

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