[lbo-talk] Resistance in History (was [Fwd: video])

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 22 19:32:27 PST 2006


On Nov 22, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> <blockquote>[T]he punishment of those who had collaborated with the
> Nazis began immediately after liberation of occupied territories.
> French Resistance forces summarily executed, after cursory trials,
> about 10,000 accused collaborators as a part of "justice at the
> cross-roads." (Euna Lhee, "Changing Memories of French Collaboration
> and Resistance in World War II: A Film Analysis,"
> <http://www.jhu.edu/hurj/Issue3/research-lhee.html>)</blockquote>

For all I know, the 10,000 might have deserved it. Or maybe 8,000 of them did.

I'm relieved to learn they didn't kill Huguenots.

Doug



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