Olivier Wieviorka
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Born2 February 1960
OccupationHistorian
Olivier Wiewiorka | |
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| Born | 2 February 1960 |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud Sciences Po Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
| Occupation | Historian |
Olivier Wiewiorka (born 1960)[1] is a French historian specializing in the history of World War II and the French Resistance. He is a faculty member at the École normale supérieure de Cachan.
He is the brother of historian Annette Wiewiorka and sociologist Michel Wiewiorka.[1]
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.[2]
