Tag: History knowledge
50 years ago, the world discovered Stockholm syndrome
The expression has now entered common parlance. The media use it all the time and the general public knows its meaning. Few people remember, however, the event at the origin…
France in resistance
What to do against the occupation of a foreign power? Why engage? How to unite? How far to take risks? In the name of what ideal? In 1940, faced with…
the resistance fighter Adolfo Kaminsky, photographer and king of forgers, buried in Paris
The photographer Adolfo Kaminsky, a man of a thousand lives who was the “king of false papers” in the service of the Resistance and then of the anti-colonial movements, is…
The role and history of African skirmishers
The history of African skirmishers during the two world wars remains poorly known. For a long time, the role they played in the ranks of French troops was almost forgotten…