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  • Das Erste

The Sorrow and the Pity

Chronicle of a French city under the Occupation

  • 1969
  • Ended
  • Documentary · War & Politics
  • ~2h 5m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.8/10

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.

Latest: Miniseries · 1969

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An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration, from 1940 to 1944, during World War II, between the Vichy regime, established in the south of France and headed by Marshal Pétain, and Nazi Germany.

  1. E1. The Collapse

    Sep 18, 1969 · 122m

    When France is defeated by Germany in 1940, certain political factions decide to support the creation of the Vichy regime, headed by Marshal Pétain, while resistance against the invaders emerges.

  2. E2. The Choice

    Sep 21, 1969 · 128m

    The different French political factions decide either to resist more openly or to collaborate with the Nazis.