Julien Blanc is a specialist of the early days of the French Resistance during the Second World War. He is the author of Au commencement de la Résistance. Du côté du musée de l'homme, 1940-1941, published in October 2010 by Le Seuil Editions, Paris. His lecture will focus on a very well-known group of Resistance fighters called the « réseau du Musée de l'homme », insisting upon its variety, the important role women played in that group and its precocity, which explains why German occupation forces repressed it as early as 1941. Nonetheless, this story was not ended by the ferocious repression of the Nazis.
Chair: Robert GILDEA, Worcester College
Conveners: Laurent DOUZOU, CNRS-MFO and Louise SCOTHERN, New College
