Our online museum is dedicated to the memory of the men and women of the immigrant workforce who, beginning in 1940, fought against the Nazi occupiers.
History of the Jewish Section’s Resistance
Explore our museum through its 15 galleries
Before 1934
The Jewish section of the M.O.I.
The Jewish presence in France
— The immigrants’ universalist and secular ideal
— The founding of the M.O.I.
HALL 1
1934 - 1939
Against Fascism | Outbreak of War
United Anti-Fascist Front
— German-Soviet Pact
— Jewish Section and Clandestine Intelligence
HALL 2
Jan–Sept 40
The Occupation | Creation of “Solidarity”
Jewish immigrants during the war
— Towards state anti-Semitism
— Clandestine activities of the Jewish section
HALL 3
Sept 40 – June 41
State Antisemitism | Responses
1st status of the Jews
— The militant ‘Special Organisation’
— First round-ups
— Second Jewish Statute
HALL 4
June–August 1941
Armed resistance
Invasion of the USSR
— Armed and civil resistance
— Repression
HALL 5
August – October 1941
Execution of hostages
Round-up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris
— Massacres of Jews in the East
— Hostages in France
HALL 6
October - December 41
Persecutions | The Resistance
New anti-Jewish laws. Response from the M.O.I.
— World War. Nazi policy of terror
HALL 7
Jan–Jul 42
Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.
The ‘Final Solution’ according to the Nazis
— Creation of a combat force
— The Vel’ d’Hiv round-up: a turning point
HALL 8
July 42 - February 43
Rescue of Jewish Children
A coordinated effort
— Various rescue operations
HALL 9
August 1942 – May 1943
Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Armed struggle in France
— Nazi army in disarray
— Warsaw: Ghetto uprising
HALL 10
1943
Creation of the UJRE
Unification of the Jewish Communist Resistance (UJRE)
— FTP-M.O.I., Southern Zone
— A variety of forms of resistance
HALL 11
Jan 43 – Mar 44
Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations
STO in Germany
— Dismantling of the Jewish section
— Deportation
HALL 12
April 1943 – April 1944
Unification of the Resistance
Uniting forces against the Nazis and Vichy collaborators
— Federation of Jewish Movements
— CNR programme
HALL 13
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As a Jew, I saw no other option but to take up arms to fight against you
Marcel Rayman before the judges of the German military tribunal in Greater Paris. A Jew, a communist, and a foreigner—one of the twenty-three Resistance fighters known as the “Affiche Rouge”—he was executed by firing squad at the age of 21 on February 21, 1944.