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The September 18, 1944, issue of L’Humanité reports on the Soviet Army’s discovery of the death camps in Poland.

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The September 2, 1939, issue of L’Excelsior reports on the Third Reich’s invasion of Poland and announces general mobilization in France.

Photos

The sinking of the battleship West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was recommissioned in 1944.

Documents

The Special Police Commissioner of Périgueux is investigating the reading of Bishop Saliège’s pastoral letter (September 19, 1942).

Photos

The Strikes of May–June 1936: A Demonstration by Jewish First-Aid Workers.

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The synagogue on Boerneplatz in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in flames after the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 10, 1938.

Documents

The Thomson-Houston Company certifies that its Jewish employee will not have contact with the public (November 1, 1941).

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The Three Major Spinning Mills

Photos

The trial of the 44 Communist deputies (March 20–April 3, 1940), who were sentenced to imprisonment by a military court.

Documents

The two pages of the German surrender document, signed in Reims on May 7, 1945, by General Jodl on behalf of the German army, and countersigned by the Allied representatives.

Documents

The UGIF compiled a registry of Jewish children who were taken into care after their parents were arrested (September 1942).

Documents

The UJRE calls for vengeance for the millions of Jews who were massacred and for people to take up arms (excerpt).

Documents

The UJRE denounced the UGIF as a “shameful stain on the entire [Jewish] community” and as an “organization that collaborated” with the Nazis.

Documents

The UJRE has announced a meeting at the Mutualité (5th arrondissement, Paris) on April 10, 1945, where Anna Stoklamer, a survivor, will provide information about the deportees from Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Leaflets/Flyers

The UJRE reminds its “Jews” of basic safety guidelines (leaflet from February 1944).

Newspapers

The underground newspaper Combat, dated May 15, 1943, lists the acts of railway sabotage carried out by the Resistance between March 25 and April 25.

Newspapers

The underground newspaper L’Université libre (June 11, 1942) denounced anti-Semitism and called on teachers to join the National Liberation Front.

Newspapers

The underground Yiddish newspaper Unzer Wort of June 25, 1941, and Notre Parole denounced Operation Barbarossa: “Long live the Soviet Union! The enemy will be crushed and annihilated.”

Documents

The Union of Jews for Resistance and Mutual Aid (UJRE) was founded in the spring of 1943.

Photos

The Vénissieux camp, used to intern stateless Jews following the large-scale roundup of August 26, 1942, in Lyon.

Posters

The Vichy regime’s indoctrination of youth: the Chantiers de la Jeunesse.

Photos

The village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, whose Protestant community distinguished itself during the Occupation by hiding 2,500 Jews. The entire village was designated “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1990.

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The village of Oradour-sur-Glane: On June 10, 1944, soldiers from the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich” destroyed the village and massacred its inhabitants (643 people).

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The September 18, 1944, issue of L’Humanité reports on the Soviet Army’s discovery of the death camps in Poland.

The September 2, 1939, issue of L’Excelsior reports on the Third Reich’s invasion of Poland and announces general mobilization in France.

The sinking of the battleship West Virginia during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was recommissioned in 1944.

The Special Police Commissioner of Périgueux is investigating the reading of Bishop Saliège’s pastoral letter (September 19, 1942).

The Strikes of May–June 1936: A Demonstration by Jewish First-Aid Workers.

The synagogue on Boerneplatz in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) in flames after the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 10, 1938.

The Thomson-Houston Company certifies that its Jewish employee will not have contact with the public (November 1, 1941).

The Three Major Spinning Mills

The trial of the 44 Communist deputies (March 20–April 3, 1940), who were sentenced to imprisonment by a military court.

The two pages of the German surrender document, signed in Reims on May 7, 1945, by General Jodl on behalf of the German army, and countersigned by the Allied representatives.

The UGIF compiled a registry of Jewish children who were taken into care after their parents were arrested (September 1942).

The UJRE calls for vengeance for the millions of Jews who were massacred and for people to take up arms (excerpt).

The UJRE denounced the UGIF as a “shameful stain on the entire [Jewish] community” and as an “organization that collaborated” with the Nazis.

The UJRE has announced a meeting at the Mutualité (5th arrondissement, Paris) on April 10, 1945, where Anna Stoklamer, a survivor, will provide information about the deportees from Auschwitz and Birkenau.

The UJRE reminds its “Jews” of basic safety guidelines (leaflet from February 1944).

The underground newspaper Combat, dated May 15, 1943, lists the acts of railway sabotage carried out by the Resistance between March 25 and April 25.

The underground newspaper L’Université libre (June 11, 1942) denounced anti-Semitism and called on teachers to join the National Liberation Front.

The underground Yiddish newspaper Unzer Wort of June 25, 1941, and Notre Parole denounced Operation Barbarossa: “Long live the Soviet Union! The enemy will be crushed and annihilated.”

The Union of Jews for Resistance and Mutual Aid (UJRE) was founded in the spring of 1943.

The Vénissieux camp, used to intern stateless Jews following the large-scale roundup of August 26, 1942, in Lyon.

The Vichy regime’s indoctrination of youth: the Chantiers de la Jeunesse.

The village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, whose Protestant community distinguished itself during the Occupation by hiding 2,500 Jews. The entire village was designated “Righteous Among the Nations” in 1990.

The village of Oradour-sur-Glane: On June 10, 1944, soldiers from the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich” destroyed the village and massacred its inhabitants (643 people).

The Villeurbanne Popular Uprising