<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 5 May 1940, mukutarisira kupindirwa kweGermany kweFrance neLow Countries mwedzi iwoyo, gavhuna wehondo weParis akabudisa chirevo chinoraira vavengi vokumwe vose vari pakati pe17 ne55 avo vakanga vauya vachibva kuGermany kunyanya vaJudha kuti vazivise vakaparadzana nokuda kwokuiswa mujeri. Vakadzi vacho vakaungana pamwe chete muVélodrome dHiver musi wa15 May, saka amai vaHannah Arendt, vaiva nemakore anopfuura 55, vakabvumirwa kugara muParis. Arendt akarondedzera muitiro wokugadzira vapoteri sorudzi rutsva rwomunhu rwakasikwa nenhau yazvino uno... rwunoiswa mumisasa yechibharo navavengi vavo uye mumisasa yechibharo neshamwari dzavo. Varume vacho, kusanganisira Blücher, vakaendeswa kuCamp Vernet kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, pedyo nomuganhu weSpain. Arendt nevamwe vakadzi vakaendeswa kuCamp Gurs, kumadokero kweGurs, kwapera vhiki. Musasa wacho wakanga wambovakwa kuti ugare vapoteri vaibva kuSpain. Pana 22 June, France yakapa uye yakasaina Chibvumirano che  <response>: Chibvumirano cheCompiègne, chakakamura nyika. Gurs akanga ari murutivi rwokumaodzanyemba rwaidzorwa neVichy. Arendt anorondedzera kuti, munyaya yemhirizhonga yakazoitika takakwanisa sei kuwana mapepa okusunungurwa ayo takakwanisa kubva nawo mumusasa, izvo zvaakazoita nevakadzi vanenge 200 pavakadzi 7.000 vaiva mumusasa iwoyo, kwapera vhiki ina. Pakanga pasina Résistance panguva iyoyo, asi akakwanisa kufamba ndokufamba netsoka kuchamhembe kuenda kuMontauban, pedyo neToulouse kwaaiziva kuti aizowana rubatsiro. 