![]() | Escape from Vichy: The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean Subjects: World War 1939–1945 -- Refugees -- Martinique; World War 1939–1945 -- France -- Marseille; Martinique -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Political refugees -- Martinique -- History -- 20th century; Political refugees -- Europe -- History -- 20th cent; In the early years of World War II, thousands of political refugees traveled from France to Vichy-controlled Martinique in the French Caribbean, en route to what they hoped would be safer shores in North, Central, and South America. While awaiting transfer from the colony, the exiles formed influential ties--with one another and with local black dissidents. Escape from Vichy recounts this flight from the refugees' perspectives, using novels, unpublished diaries, archives, memoirs, artwork, and other materials to explore the unlikely encounters that fueled an anti-fascist artistic and intellectual movement. Jennings Eric T. : Eric T. Jennings is Distinguished Professor in the History of France and the Francophonie at the University of Toronto. |
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