Toutes les salles

Before 1934

The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

1934 - 1939

Against Fascism | Outbreak of War

Jan 1940 - Sept 1940

The Occupation | Creation of “Solidarity”

Sept 1940 - June 1941

State Antisemitism | Responses

June - August 1941

Armed resistance

August - Oct 1941

Execution of hostages

Oct - Dec 1941

Persecutions | The Resistance

Jan–Jul 1942

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

July 1942 - Feb 1943

Rescue of Jewish Children 

10.

August 1942 - May 1943

Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

11.

1943

Creation of the UJRE

12.

Jan 1943 - Mar 1944

Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations

13.

Apr 1943 - March 1944

Unification of the Resistance

14.

Apr - Sep 1944

Insurrection and Liberation

15.

Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

End of the War | Reconstruction

Salle 14 - Insurrection and Liberation

April–September 1944

A few hours before the surrender, members of the Resistance (including Robert Endewelt, wearing an FFI armband) on the Leclerc tank “Buttes-Chaumont” at Place de la République in Paris.

Photo, August 1944, Paris. Private collection (DR)

Room

Period

1944

Document Type

Photos

Keywords

Geographic area

Source

visit the hall 14 - Insurrection and Liberation

Documents from the same period

Newspapers

Front National newspaper, August 26, 1944.

Documents

A call from the Jewish section of the M.O.I. to join the “Rayman Company” to continue the fight.

Leaflets/Flyers

A leaflet from the UJRE addressed to the Jewish community of Limoges, calling for continued action. The city was liberated on August 21, 1944, by FTPF resistance fighters led by Colonel Georges Guingouin.

Documents

A letter dated Sept. 30, 1944, mentioning the upcoming departure for the front of the Rayman Company, into which Victor Zigelman has been assigned.

Photos

A scene from the Liberation of Paris: De Gaulle’s arrival at City Hall (August 26, 1944).

Photos