https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/03/wartime-albert-camus-letter-lays-bare-his-vichy-era-anguish

Letter found in Gen Charles de Gaulle’s archives written when France was under Nazi control

As France marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Albert Camus on Saturday, a previously unpublished letter written by the Nobel prize winning-author during the Nazi occupation, expressing his anguish and uncertainty for the future of the country, has emerged.

In the missive, found in the archives of France’s wartime leader Gen Charles de Gaulle, Camus detailed his fears that the mass killing of so many able-bodied compatriots was also destroying the “lively and vibrant ideas” that would guarantee his country’s future.