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Olivier Wieviorka 
Summary
Olivier Wiewiorka (born 1960)[1] is a French historian specializing in the history of World War II and the French Resistance. He is a faculty member at the École normale supérieure de Cachan.
Olivier Wiewiorka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 February 1960 |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud Sciences Po Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | Historian |
He is the brother of historian Annette Wiewiorka and sociologist Michel Wiewiorka.[1]
His paternal grandparents, Polish Jews, were arrested in Nice during World War II and murdered at Auschwitz. His father, a refugee in Switzerland, and his mother, daughter of a Parisian tailor and a refugee in Grenoble, survived the war.[2]
Works edit
Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris (Harvard University Press, 2018)
References edit
- ^ a b Astro, Alan (14 July 2021). "Annette Wiewiorka". Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ "Annette Wiewiorka". Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2018.