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Germaine Tillion

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Germaine Tillion

Born May 30, 1907 · Allègre, Haute-Loire, france

Died April 19, 2007 · aged 99

Germaine Tillion, born on May 30, 1907 in Allègre in Haute-Loire, is an emblematic figure of the French Resistance, ethnologist and writer. She devoted her life to the fight against oppression and the defense of human rights. Germaine Tillion is the daughter of a magistrate and a publisher. She studied ethnology under Marcel Mauss and Louis Massignon at the Collège de France. Her first research t…

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Un Combat SingulierUn Combat Singulier · 2004
Un Combat Singulier
★ 10.02004
MovieDocumentary
Sisters in ResistanceSisters in Resistance · 2001
Sisters in Resistance
★ 7.02001
MovieDocumentary
Four young women joined the Resistance to fight Nazi oppression and brutality in occupied France. They were arrested and deported to Ravensbruck concentration camp, where they helped each other to survive. SISTERS IN RESISTANCE captures their recollections and the intense friendship that has survived with them.
À Propos De... L'autre DétailÀ Propos De... L'autre Détail · 1985
À Propos De... L'autre Détail
★ 9.01985
MovieDocumentary
Documentary edited from testimonies on the torture of people who experienced the war. Some witnesses were tortured by Jean-Marie Le Pen. These testimonies will help defend the newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné in court against Jean-Marie Le Pen for defamation. The film was shown in 1985 during the trial and some witnesses also came to support the newspaper. But the 1963 amnesty law protects the politician, prohibiting the use of images that could harm people who served during the Algerian war.
Mauss, Segundo Suas AlunasMauss, Segundo Suas Alunas · 2002
Mauss, Segundo Suas Alunas
★ 10.02002
MovieDocumentary
Biography of the ideas and teachings of Marcel Mauss, considered the founder of Anthropology who lived and wrote in the first half of the 20th century, in France. His work is discussed through the testimony of three students, carried out in Paris between 1997 and 1999. Denise Paulme died 4 months after the interview, Germaine Diertelen died 9 months later and Germaine Tillion, aged 95 in 2002, still works. The three were part of the first generation of French anthropologists, formed in the 1930s.
Aujourd'hui la vieAujourd'hui la vie · 1982
Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
SeriesTalk
It Was the War of AlgeriaIt Was the War of Algeria · 2022
It Was the War of Algeria
★ 8.02022
SeriesDocumentaryWar & Politics

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