Every Word You Write ... Vichy Will Be Watching You

Surveillance of Public Opinion in the Gard Department 1940-1944: The Postal Control System During Vichy France

Nonfiction, History, France
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Author: Robert W. Parson ISBN: 9781604949278
Publisher: Wheatmark Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Wheatmark Language: English
Author: Robert W. Parson
ISBN: 9781604949278
Publisher: Wheatmark
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Wheatmark
Language: English
Following Frances military defeat in 1940, Marshal Pétain and his Vichy regime drastically expanded upon the role of a top secret organization known as the Postal Surveillance System. The organization served two purposes: to find out how people felt about Vichys policies, including collaboration with Nazi Germany, and to keep an eye on activities the new government deemed suspicious. Over seventy years later the private letters, telegrams, and phone conversations collected through the Postal Surveillance System provide a wealth of information about the dark years of 19401944.Every Word You Write...Vichy Will Be Watching You draws from these communications to vividly convey what life was like for the French as they coped with intolerable living conditions. It also details the scurrilous treatment handed out to foreign and French-born Jews by Pétains government.By allowing the stolen words of ordinary French citizens to speak for themselves, Robert W. Parson offers us a view of history that we seldom find in textbooks.About the AuthorRobert W. Parson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, received his bachelor's degree in history from Brown University in 1959, and obtained his masters degree in history from the University of Arizona in 2006. His career in sales, marketing, and management included various positions with General Electric, North American Philips, and Panasonic Corporation of North America. He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona, and Nîmes, France.
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Following Frances military defeat in 1940, Marshal Pétain and his Vichy regime drastically expanded upon the role of a top secret organization known as the Postal Surveillance System. The organization served two purposes: to find out how people felt about Vichys policies, including collaboration with Nazi Germany, and to keep an eye on activities the new government deemed suspicious. Over seventy years later the private letters, telegrams, and phone conversations collected through the Postal Surveillance System provide a wealth of information about the dark years of 19401944.Every Word You Write...Vichy Will Be Watching You draws from these communications to vividly convey what life was like for the French as they coped with intolerable living conditions. It also details the scurrilous treatment handed out to foreign and French-born Jews by Pétains government.By allowing the stolen words of ordinary French citizens to speak for themselves, Robert W. Parson offers us a view of history that we seldom find in textbooks.About the AuthorRobert W. Parson was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, received his bachelor's degree in history from Brown University in 1959, and obtained his masters degree in history from the University of Arizona in 2006. His career in sales, marketing, and management included various positions with General Electric, North American Philips, and Panasonic Corporation of North America. He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona, and Nîmes, France.

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