“1944 will begin, for most of us, with worries. But I really believe that, more truthfully than ever, we can – provided we rise above individual chances – say to ourselves, with confidence, “Happy New Year”. Not everyone who has earned it will see the great reward. It will no less be the one they desired and prepared for. » The words of Marc Bloch, in a letter of good wishes to his fellow student, the medievalist Ferdinand Lot, resonated loudly on Tuesday June 23 on the square in front of the Pantheon as the historian and resistance fighter made his entry with his wife Simonne into the republican circle.
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