Georges Lefebvre was a prominent French historian and leader of the Annales School. He studied the social history of the the peasant class during the French Revolution which was influenced by Marxism. Therefore, socialist thought and belief was not popular nor welcomed in Nazi Germany and their occupied lands. Lefebvre was a member of the resistance during WWII. After the war, he became a leader and supporter of the communist party in France. These social beliefs and principles influenced his writing of history as is clearly shown in his work regarding the Bourgeoisie and the peasant classes during the French Revolution.
Would Lefebvre writing have been different had he not been a communist?
How does one political and social belief influence history?
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