Abstract
After the difficult period of the exodus and the Beaux-Arts' attempts to withdraw to the southwest, architectural lectures returned to a kind of normalcy during the Occupation, under the direction of Paul Landowski, who reluctantly presided over the exclusion of Jewish professors. A study of the projects developed in Paris, Marseille and even in the prison camps of East Prussia reveals the School's line between indifference to the situation in France, strategies of escape to exotic programs and response to the themes of Vichy politics. At the same time, the creation of a Section des Hautes Études outlined a new strategy for training the profession's elite.
