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DORIAN, MAX (DOREAU, BERNARD RENÉ). 1901-1989
Super Rare Unbelievable Original Hand Written War History !! Needs to be translated into English from French and published !! Autograph Manuscript, a journal of events leading upto and following the liberation of Paris, 105 pp recto and verso,
Size approx. (270 x 205 mm), Paris, January 19, 1943-September 12, 1944 with a 2 page (1sheet) \"Conclusion\" dated ?August 28, 1945, in notebook with a fewsheets loosely inserted, some faint toning and occasional edgewear, with 2typed drafts sections of 13 & 14 pp (tears and wrinkles at edges).
WITH: Two folders of material including a scrapbook of newspaper clippings,original photographs, and related ephemera, spanning Dorian\'s career from 1920sto the 1960s. EYEWITNESS MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT OF THE LIBERATION OF PARIS. Dorian\'sjournal begins in January 1943 with the city under German occupation andcontinues into the months following its liberation. The tone of the entriesfocuses mainly on the experience of daily life in the occupied city, thevarious news reports and rumors circulating, and the city\'s ability to functionin the face of rationing, etc. The nearly daily entries during August 1944recount the increasing excitement in the city following reports of Alliedvictories in Normandy, leading up the siege of August 19-25 and the finalsurrender of the city on the morning of the 25th.
Excerpt, in translation: [Tuesday, 15th August]: \"Are we close to peaceand is peace ready for us? We wait to hear something on the radio this evening.We live only for the radio, and we only get her once a night. We didn\'t manageto tune into anything at 5:30 this morning other than the \'Voice of America\'saying useless things about subjects we aren\'t interested in. It\'s still veryhot. Stormy. Pretty frequent bombs in the distance, some alerts ... 22:45 –News of the landing confirmed by Benzzeville. The operation is being conductedby mostly French troops under the command (why?) of Sir Maitland Wilson ...[Wednesday morning]: From tomorrow, it seems that bread rations will be reducedto 100 grams. Police agents are almost all joining the underground, and thegendarmerie are doing the same. 18:00. First placard of an \'Emergency Plan\' ...from tomorrow onwards, the gas with be totally cut out ... plunged into darkness.Confirmed, the abandonment of the police station in Poteaux ... At Neuilly,lots of comings and goings. The [German] troops stationed there have left.Others, they say, will arrive soon ... found, with much difficult, a copy ofthe Paris-Soir....\"
Dorian worked as a journalist and published several novels in France beforeimmigrating in 1949 to the United States. Among his best known works is ahistory of the Du Pont family. He died in Newport, RI in 1989.
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