Alan Judd

The cold, remote plateau of Vichy France where good was done

A review of Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France, by Caroline Moorehead. Parallel to the squalid map of Vichy was a map of decency

A meeting between the Vichy and Nazi chiefs, 1941 Photo: Popperfoto/Getty
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  • Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France

    Caroline Moorehead

    Chatto, pp. 357

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