Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Pierre Goldman and André Glucksmann all played important roles during the events of May '68 in Paris. In this volume Sebastian Voigt sketches the lives of these three protagonists of the radical left in postwar France. He looks at their political biographies against the background of the history of memory. Particularly he explores the generation of their parents, focusing on their experiences in the interwar period, when the Jews were forced to flee or emigrate from Germany, Poland and the Habsburg Empire. Their subsequent commitment to Communism, Zionism and anti-fascist activities as well as their resistance against the German occupation form the backdrop for a new look at the events of May '68.