1. French Nationalism in Martyred Village by Sarah Farmer
The French government wanted all to remember the suffering France had endured and the ruins were the evidence. The French government used the site as a testament to the defamation of the French people at the hands of Nazi occupiers. ... The French government saw the Vichy era as embarrassing and wanted to take the French image in a different Direction. The French government had hopes of France reclaiming it's status of prestigious nation once more (Farmer 81). ... The French collective memory does not however, maintain that France was completely innocent. ...
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- Grade Level: High School