Paris 1940-1944The daily routine
of Parisians
under the Occupation

  • Paris 1940-1944, The Routine under Siege
  • Masters of the Image
  • The German Presence
  • Paris and Collaboration
  • Expositions
  • Anti-Semitism
  • Deliberately "Blurring Daily Life"
  • Paris is hungry, Paris is cold
  • Production
  • Labor Unions in Disarray
  • The War Goes On
  • Multiple Resistances
  • The Resistance Goes Public
  • Cracking Down
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  • The Original Exhibit at the Réfectoire des Cordeliers in Paris
  • Acknowledgements and credits
  • Accessibility
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  • Français / English
  • From Assistance to Resistance
  • Le Comité Parisien de la Libération (The Parisian Liberation Committee)
  • Les Editions de Minuit, a clandestine publisher
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Le silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea), 1942


First book published by the Éditions de Minuit, in February 1942
Musée du Général Leclerc de Hauteclocque et le musée de la Libération de Paris - Musée Jean Moulin © Roger-Viollet.

The author, whose real name was Jean Bruller, was also one of the founders of this clandestine publisher. The initial printing, "sponsored by a patriot," consisted of 350 copies. Recopied and transmitted from one person to another, the work was a hidden success. The clandestine edition was transported to London and reprinted before being parachuted into France.