INVITATION: Debate: / Débat d'idées : "80 years ago, General de Gaulle declared the Munich Agreement null and void"

We would like to invite you to a debate on "80 years ago General de Gaulle declared the Munich Agreement null and void". On 29 September 1942, General de Gaulle declared the Munich Agreement null and void from the outset. It was a powerful gesture and an unappreciated act of resistance. How can we understand his declaration? Why on this day? What were the immediate consequences for relations between the Czechoslovaks and the French? And what, in general, is the legacy of the Munich Agreement in France, in the Czech Republic and at the heart of Franco-Czech relations?

Guests:

Antoine Marès is Professor Emeritus of History at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Isabelle Davion is a lecturer in contemporary history of Central Eastern Europe and the Germanic world at the Sorbonne Université.
Michal Stehlík is Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and Deputy Director General of the National Museum in Prague.
Martin Groman is a historian of Czech media with a focus on the 20th century at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. He also works as a documentary filmmaker, journalist, columnist, moderator and analyst.

moderator: Helena Truchlá

The conference is organised in cooperation with the EUROPEUM think-tank and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, the Charles de Gaulle Foundation and the British Library.

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Alexandra Visnerova
Senior Project Manager, Transatlantic Policy Forum