Maud Frère, interprète de l’Histoire : Les jumeaux millénaires et le conflit de 1940-1945

Abstract

This article concerns the portrayal of the World War II in the Belgian literature on the basis of Les Jumeaux millenaires Maud Frere (1923-1979). Published in 1962, the novel is considered as one of few testimonies of German Occupation in Belgium, its influence on the post-war Belgian-Belgian conflicts (Quastion royale, 1940-1945) and the literary output (deshistoire). This autobiographic narration, full of bitterness and disappointment, portrays a literary and very subjective interpretation of this shameful, unsaid and often neglected period in the Belgian history.