On 14 March 1938, the day afterthe Anschluss,Irène Némirovsky interrupts his work on “Prospects” to comment on the news. War, war, shall we have war? What strange times we live in... War, logically, seems very close. In 50 years from now those who read the newspapers of these last days may believe that people communicate with fever news. Not at all. Complete indifference....”
11 March: Nazi Germany annexed Austria (Anschluss). What a time we are living War, logically, seems all pr s. (Journals of work, 1938/IMEC) 30 September: France, England, Italy and Germany sign the Munich agreements. November 9: In Germany, the Kristallnacht marks a brutal escalation of antiSemitism 12 November: In France, a decree limits the accession of French nationals to the European Community and hardens the situation of ind i-vi duals.
