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Irene Flunser Pimentel
Irene Flunser Pimentel
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Historian and Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova of Lisbon). Her research has focused on the Estado Novo (Portuguese New State), the World War II period, women and the political police (PIDE) during the Salazar and Caetano dictatorships.
She holds a PhD in Institutional History and Contemporary Politics from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a Master's Degree in Contemporary History (20th century) and a degree in History from the Faculty of Letters of Universidade Clássica de Lisboa.
She was awarded the Pessoa Prize in 2007 and the Seeds of Science Prize in the "Social and Human Sciences" category in 2009. In 2015, she was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the Government of France.
She is the author and co-author of several books, including From 25 April 1974 to 25 November 1975: Lesser-known Episodes, The Essential about the PIDE, The PIDE’s Informers, Holocaust and Spies in Portugal During World War II.

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