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 5 - Armed resistance

June–August 41

Instructions from the Prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes calling for increased crackdowns on communist activities (August 6, 1941).

Document, August 6, 1941 © Cannes Municipal Archives (DR)

Room

5.3 Anti-Hitler Demonstrations and Repression

Period

1941

Document Type

Keywords

NC

Geographic area

NC

Source

NC

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Documents from the same period

Newspapers

La Relève, the underground publication of communist high school and college students, calls for resistance against the invader and honors the memory of the fighters executed by the Nazis (August 19, 1941)

Leaflets/Flyers

A flyer listing the broadcast times for Radio Moscow’s French-language programs.

Videos

A spectacular act by young Jewish communists, as recounted by Paulette Sarcey (Slifke).

Photos

Confiscation of radio sets by German authorities in the Lille region (May 12, 1941).

Photos

Entrance to the Borgnis-Desbordes barracks in Versailles, a screening center for volunteers wishing to enlist in the LVF and wear the German uniform.

Newspapers

Excerpt from the newspaper L’Humanité, July 25, 1941, calling for sabotage as a way to fulfill one’s patriotic duty.