Figure 1.--All we know for sure about the school is that the photograph was taken in 1941 during the Vichy/NAZI occupation era. We do not know the name of the school or even where the school was located. The age of the children show that it was a primary school. The teacher looks to be a Catholic cleric. This could mean that it was a Catholic school and the statue of Jesus in the background confirms that it is. Many of the boys wesr smocks, but they do not seem to have beem required as mny others wear sweaters and jackets.

All we know for sure about the school is that the photograph was taken in 1941 during the Vichy/NAZI occupation era (figure 1). We do not know the name of the school or even where the school was located. The age of the children show that it was a primary school. The teacher looks to be a Catholic cleric. This could mean that it was a Catholic school and the statue of Jesus in the background confirms that it is. Many of the boys wesr smocks, but they do not seem to have beem required as mny others wear sweaters and jackets. We note many different styles of front and backbuttoning smocks. There are also different colors. All of the boys seem to be wearing short pants. The boys have all carefully combed their hair.

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