Artists in Nazi-Occupied France: A German Officer's Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781771613309)

From 1940 to 1944, Werner Lange served as a Lieutenant of the Propagandastaffel, the German propaganda service in Paris, overseeing visual artists still living in France. His was a privileged position and he enjoyed the cultural life of Paris, even during the occupation years. From the Champs Elys es Head Quarters, the Nazi administration oversaw the artistic and intellectual life of occupied France. This fascinating memoir includes Lange's encounters with renowned artists like Pablo Picasso, Kees Van Dongen, Aristide Maillol, Gertrude Stein, and Jean Cocteau. After sitting untouched for decades, this volume was discovered by Victor Loupan and released in France in 2015. Now this fascinating firsthand account of wartime Paris is published in English for the first time. No other memoir of this period provides such intimate and detailed accounts of the day to day lives of artists during the Occupation.

Author: Werner Lange
ISBN-10: 1771613300
ISBN-13: 9781771613309
Publisher: Mosaic Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2019
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d