Lecture by Claire Zalc, moderated by Robert O. Paxton.
Historian Claire Zalc discusses her microhistory of the 991 Jews living in Lens, France, during World War II, and explores what microhistorical approaches can bring to our understanding of the Holocaust.
Claire Zalc is a CNRS Research Fellow at the Institut d'Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine (École Normale Supérieure). Her books include Melting Shops. Une histoire des commerçants étrangers en France (2010) and Face à la persécution: 991 Juifs dans la guerre (2010).
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