#he has a whole chapter that describes the notaries that were working during the massacre to draw up and witness marriages wills etc

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i will say that the real (academic) reason that tous ceux qui tombent is important is it unmobs the mob and pull the dead from oblivion - Foa has done extensive archival work to put names to both the killers and the killed during the massacre, as well as simply marks the daily life that went on even as destruction was widespread.