V.1.1.c. CIVIL WAR AND CARNAGE

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"BLOODY WEEK:" KILLINGS BY VERSAILLAIS* ANNOUNCE

 20TH-CENTURY MASSACRES  

(MAY 21-28, 1871) 

*As the the Versailles government's troops were called 

Le Monde illustré, a news weekly

"A view of Paris on May 24" 

Who was slaughtered?

Who was responsible? 

• The humble against the powerful

• The slaughter of the wretched   

• Escape by socializing with the enemy

• The Latin Quarter after victory

• The fate of a political painter

• Soldiers whom officers mistrust

• The officers' responsibility

• The adversaries

• Parisian sequels

• The past sways pop culture: Piaf and Sinatra

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The humble against the powerful