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The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

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

Persecutions | The Resistance

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

July 1942 - Feb 1943

Rescue of Jewish Children 

August 1942 - May 1943

Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Creation of the UJRE

Jan 1943 - Mar 1944

Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations

Apr 1943 - March 1944

Unification of the Resistance

Insurrection and Liberation

Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

End of the War | Reconstruction

Salle 6 - Execution of hostages

August–October 1941

A profile of Irma Miko, a member of the M.O.I. and head of the German Division, along with her audio testimony, during a conference in Grenoble.

Photo, 1940–44 / Excerpt from the Grenoble Conference, 2009 © Montage_private collection (DR)

Room

6.3 Various Forms of Resistance. Reprisals. Executions of Hostages

Period

1941

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Documents from the same period

Photos

“B2” shortwave transceiver case, 3MKII model, undated.

Photos

Soldiers on the Mediterranean, a newspaper published by the German Labor Movement for German soldiers in France, carries the headline: “Don’t Wait to Take Action” (Nov. 1943).

Leaflets/Flyers

A 1941 Communist leaflet subverting the Pétainist symbol of the francisque following the execution of Communist activists sentenced to be beheaded by a French court.

Photos

A group of 27 political prisoners at the Châteaubriant camp. They were shot as hostages on October 22, 1941. Among them was Guy Moquet, a 17-year-old communist (standing, fifth from the right).

Leaflets/Flyers

A leaflet aimed at German soldiers and officers, published by the UJRE in late 1944, detailing the Wehrmacht’s retreats and concluding with “Down with Hitler!”

Leaflets/Flyers

A leaflet dated October 25, 1941, dropped over France between October 30, 1941, and November 4, 1941. In it, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, condemns the executions of hostages in Châteaubriant.