About Olivier Wieviorka
Born 1960. Olivier Wieviorka is a French historian, docent, university teacher and political scientist.
Olivier Wiewiorka (born 1960)
His paternal grandparents, Polish Jews, were arrested in Nice during World War II and murdered at Auschwitz. His father, a refugee in Switzerland, and his mother, daughter of a Parisian tailor and a refugee in Grenoble, survived the war.
Works Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris (Harvard University Press, 2018)
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Who is Olivier Wieviorka?
French historian
When was Olivier Wieviorka born?
Olivier Wieviorka was born on 2 February 1960 in Enghien-les-Bains.
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Olivier Wieviorka is a historian, docent, university teacher and political scientist.
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Olivier Wieviorka is French.
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