He was among the historians who challenged national myths about the compromises his country made after being occupied by Germany in World War II.
Author: ADAM NOSSITER
Sandy Gall, Reporter Who Covered a Half-Century of Wars, Dies at 97
He was in intrepid journalist in Vietnam, Africa and the Middle East before becoming a mainstay news presenter on British TV.
Rosalind Fox Solomon, Whose Photos Captured Emotional Nuance, Dies at 95
Critics compared her unnerving images to those of Diane Arbus, but praised her ability to infuse her subjects with warmth and humanity.
Simon Mann, Mercenary Who Sought to Overthrow African Ruler, Dies at 72
After Eton and a successful career in the British Army, he became, in his words, “the go-to guy for military coups.” The rewards (and risks) were enormous.
Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103
During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast.
Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West
He deconstructed what he called “the colonial library”: the accounts of Africa by Europeans whose aim, he said, was to further colonialism.
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, he pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging democratic ones to distribute farmland.
Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87
The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship.
Richard Williamson, Renegade Priest and Holocaust Denier, Dies at 84
Ordained as a bishop by a traditionalist sect, he was excommunicated then reinstated by the Vatican, but was undone by his antisemitic views.
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran President Who Fled to Nicaragua, Dies at 65
He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile hounded by corruption charges.