Toutes les salles

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 14 - Insurrection and Liberation

April–September 1944

A scene from the liberation of Toulouse: a barricade on Rue du Faubourg-Bonnefoy. (August 20, 1944).

Photo, August 20, 1944 © Toulouse City Archives (DR)

Room

14.4 Popular Uprisings. The Involvement of Young Jews

Period

1944

Document Type

Keywords

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Geographic area

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Source

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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.

Photos

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.

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).