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As "original research" can't be included it would seem inappropriate for me to cite to conversations with the locals. All but one of those who lived through the Nazi occupation are dead, and the one survivor, Mme Dérobert, seems not to want to discuss the past, at least in front of her family. But the stories -- some quite heroic -- of the War period are recorded in monuments on the French side, and in the Zénoni book (which I hope to scan and post elsewhere on the net, assuming there is no objection from the rigfhts holders). The Tourist office in St Gingolph (Switzerland), the museum in St Gingolph (Switzerland) and the two city halls as well as the customs offices are repositories of local lore. But these were working class people; the area did not attract much attention from scholars or anybody else until recent gentrification of the area (especially Le Bouveret, Switzerland, the next town) as a retirement site, resort and marina.

For what it is worth, I think the existing references satisfy the demanded citation criteria. (Amended 10 July 2008) Andygx 11:42, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]