When war breaks out in 1939, Candide is drafted and then captured by the Nazis, but escapes and joins the International Red Cross.
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Finally, back in France, he retires to a country house with Cunégonde, Pangloss, and a mysterious lady who saved him from a firing squad, and settles down to write his memoirs.
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