The French Resistance - The Big Lie or Réalité! HyFlex: (In-person)

The French Resistance - The Big Lie or Réalité! HyFlex: (In-person)

Winter (4 - 8.5 hours) | This course is completed

One Court Street Lebanon, NH 03766 United States

Room 3A

2/8/2023-3/1/2023

9:30 AM-11:30 AM EDT on Wed

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$45.00

Despite incredibly overwhelming odds, the Resistance in France during World War II slowly gathered steam over the course of four years. Often heroic, sometime suicidal, at times opportunistic, the French resistance to Nazi occupation grew from a fledgling and disorganized movement into an Allied-financed and well-organized army of liberation that may or may not have contributed to the liberation of France and the victory of the Western Allies in Europe. There were heroes and heroines, traitors and collaborators, all dealing with an implacable and monstrous Nazi war machine.

Through lectures, videos, slides, and Q&A, we will examine the growth, complexities, internal conflicts, and legacy of the French Resistance.

Rougvie, Robert

Bob Rougvie is a graduate of Suffolk University in Boston with a BA in History. He has had a long career in the wood products industry in New England. Prior to retirement, he was president of a machinery distribution corporation for 23 years. He is an avid reader of history with a particular interest in the period prior to WWII. He has led several Osher classes with an emphasis on early 20th century European history.