The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine, la résistante
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The Secret Life of Josephine Baker - Josephine, la résistante

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 7, 202322 min

With France under German occupation, Josephine takes refuge at her sanctuary, Les Milandes. Until the enemy comes knocking at the gates. With Ariana DeBose. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3QNcpIh.

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Hi, listeners. A quick note before we begin. This season of the Duolingo French podcast is serialized. So if you haven't heard the previous episodes yet, go back and listen to them first.

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It was June 1940, and Josephine found herself driving alone to the south of France. All around her, it was chaos. Millions of people from Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg,

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and now northern France were fleeing towards the south. They were seeking refuge from German sniper jets and bombings, Le Bombard de Mont. The only thing people had to protect themselves were their mattresses,

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