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French historian (1924–2021)

Marc Ferro
Born (1924-12-24)24 December 1924Paris, France
Died 21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 96)Maisons-Laffitte, France
Nationality French
Occupation Historian

Marc Ferro (French pronunciation: [maʁk fɛʁo]; 24 December 1924 – 21 April 2021) was a French historian. Author of several books, including The Use and Abuse of History.

Marc Ferro was born in Paris to a Greek-Italian father and a Russian-born Jewish mother (née Firdmann (Oudia)), who died in Auschwitz in June 1943.[1][2]

Ferro worked on early twentieth-century European history, specialising in the history of Russia and the USSR, as well as the history of cinema.

He was Director of Studies in Social Sciences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He was a co-director of the French review Annales and co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary History.

He also directed and presented television documentaries on the rise of the Nazis, Lenin and the Russian revolution and on the representation of history in cinema.[3]

Ferro died from COVID-19 complications in Maisons-Laffitte in April 2021, at the age of 96.[4][5]

  1. ^ Arrêté du 23 avril 2013 portant apposition de la mention « Mort en déportation » sur les actes et jugements déclaratifs de décès, JORF No. 0162, 14 juillet 2013, p. 11826, texte 23, sur Légifrance: "Ferro, née Firdmann (Oudia) le 4 avril 1897 à Novogradvolinsk (Russie), décédée le 28 juin 1943 à Auschwitz (Pologne)."
  2. ^ French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France, John Wiley & Sons (2010), p. 240
  3. ^ "Marc Ferro". IMDb.
  4. ^ Mort de l'historien Marc Ferro, spécialiste de l'histoire du XXe siècle, à 96 ans (in French)
  5. ^ Catinchi, Philippe-Jean (22 April 2021). "L'historien français Marc Ferro est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ translated by Nicole Stone. Routledge; 2nd edition, 2001, ISBN 978-0415267359
  7. ^ reedited in 1986 by Payot, ISBN 978-2228800303
  8. ^ paperback 2010 (ISBN 978-2818501092)