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unusual facts about Zone libre


Southern Zone

Zone libre, a partition of the France during the Second World War, called the South Zone from November 1942


Marcel Ophüls

Following the invasion of France by Germany in May 1940 they were forced to flee to the Vichy zone, remaining in hiding for over a year before crossing the Pyrenees into Spain in order to travel to the United States, arriving there in December 1941.


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