Second World: A Life

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The suggestion is implied that Paris, with its historical, cultural and entertainment value, is to become the chief centre of recreation and relaxation for the German overlords of the future, and that France will thereby be contributing a valuable part in the future working of the New Order in Europe.

French singers are given objective praise as artists. French authors, playwrights and actors are encouraged. The French film industry, suppressed in the early days of the occupation, is now resuscitated and encouraged, whereby the German authorities indirectly claim credit as the rebuilders of French cultural life. The surprising feature of this German campaign is the persistent emphasis placed upon the future role of German-France as the holiday resort for the Nazi Herrenvolk , and the new attempt to win Paris by flattery instead of by repression.

Like the good soldier that I was, I did what I was told. I typed out pamphlets, passed on messages and took care of supplies. There had been a lot of illicit passage through Calvados ever since Daladier had decided to break up the Communist party in response to the German-Soviet pact of August As well as ordinary party members, there were former politicians and city councillors who had clearly just escaped from prison.

I was responsible for finding them provisions and getting them their papers. At that time, everything was bought with supply coupons, from pairs of socks to household stocks.

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We organised raids on the town halls to get to these golden tickets. We operated in a downsized team, two or three people maximum, preferably in little villages to minimise risk. At the first opportunity — a door left open or a moment of absent-mindedness from the receptionist — we rifled through everything we could find: The most insignificant document could prove useful to our organisation. Every week I would take all kinds of forbidden treasures in the panniers of my bike: With my youngster's manner and my schoolgirl's outfit I was the ideal recruit for this kind of mission.

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We knew that the Wehrmacht carried out unannounced controls at the entrance to villages. Each time I felt like my life was hanging by a thread. I can't say I've seen any mass starvation there. As for access to clean water, there are options such as bottled water, or the large containers that are used to catch and collect rain water. Just to be clear guys, while we can co-opt the meaning now to be a hierarchy based on the wealth of countries, first world, second world, and third world are historical terms with an absolute definition.

It had little to do with wealth and there were some developing countries considered First World before the term began to be understood differently because of how some started using it. The Second World was the communist world, Russia, China, and their allies. Most of the unaligned countries were developing countries, but some of these Third World countries were places like Sweden and Ireland. First world, second world, third world I've seen human beings that live a happy and full life with less than 30 dollars a month.

I've seen millionaires that live miserable and petty lifes in first world countries I guess that first, second and third world bears no correlation with tap water, corruption or fast speed trains. Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Additional giveaways are planned. Detailed information about all U. Posting Quick Reply - Please Wait.

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