Jean-Pierre Azéma (born 1937) is a French historian. Azéma is a member of the scientific counsel for the Institut François Mitterrand, an organisation founded by François Mitterrand with the goal of "contributing to the propagation of knowledge on the political and social history of modern France". He supported

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for the presidency. Azéma is the author of several prominent historical works, which make him somewhat an authority amongst France's historians. A specialist of World War II, more specifically of the

Vichy Regime Vichy France (french: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State ('), was the fascist French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. Officially independent, but with half of its ter ...

and the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

, Azéma is a university lecturer and teaches history at the

Institut d'études politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

. He was also one of the historians called as witness for the trial of Maurice Papon, (alongside Marc-Olivier Baruch, Robert O. Paxton and Philippe Burrin). He was also one of the authors of the film '' The Eye of Vichy'' (''L’Œil de Vichy'') by Claude Chabrol. He attended the Conférence organiséd on the 60th anniversary of the death of

Jean Moulin Jean Pierre Moulin (; 20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a French civil servant and French Resistance, resistant who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during World War II from 27 May 1943 until his death less ...

. He is the father of the Vichy historian Arianne Azéma.

Select works

*''6 juin 44'', 2004 (with Robert O. Paxton, Philippe Burrin) *''Jean Moulin : le politique, le rebelle, le résistant'', 2003 *''Jean Cavaillès résistant ou La pensée en actes'', 2002 (written under his direction) *''De Münich à la Libération: 1938–1944'', Cambridge University Press, 1990, new edition., 2002 *''Vichy : 1940–1944'', 2000 (with Olivier Wieviorka) *''1938–1948 : les années de tourmente : de Munich à Prague : dictionnaire critique'', 1995 (with François Bédarida) *''Histoire de l'extrême droite en France'', 1994 (under the direction of

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) Seuil, *''

et la Résistance en 1943'', Jean-Pierre Azéma (ed), Institut d'histoire du temps présent, 1994 *''Les libérations de la France'', 1993 (with Olivier Wieviorka) *''La France des années noires'', 1993 (with François Bédarida) *''Le régime de Vichy et les Français'', 1992 (with François Bédarida) *''La IIIe République : 1870–1940'', (with Michel Winock) Calmann-Lévy, 1970, new edition, 1991 *''1940, l'année terrible'', Seuil, 1990, *''Paris under the occupation'',

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, Jean-Pierre Azéma, Deutsch, 1989, *''Les communistes français de Munich à Châteaubriant : 1938–1941'', 1987 (with Antoine Prost and Jean-Pierre Rioux) *''Histoire générale politique et sociale : la France des années sombres, les années 40'', 1987 *''La collaboration : 1940–1944'', 1975 *''Les Communards'', 1964 (with Michel Winock) Éditions du seuil, 1970

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Jean-Pierre Azema, historien, enseignant à Sciences-po Paris
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