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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

On August 20, 1941, French police carried out a roundup of Jews.

Photo, August 1941, Paris © Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B10813 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

Room

6.1 Anti-German attacks. Roundup in the 11th arrondissement of Paris

Period

1941

Document Type

Keywords

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Geographic area

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Source

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Photos

An attempt to sabotage the Paris-Bastille-Verneuil l’Etang railroad line using explosives, targeting the transport of equipment intended for the occupying army.

Photos

Arrival at the Drancy camp of Jews who had been part of a roundup.

Photos

Central courtyard and entrance to the Drancy camp, the hub of France’s anti-Semitic deportation policy from August 1941 to August 1944.

Notes

Drancy Camp

Photos

Drancy: A view of internees gathered in the camp’s central courtyard with their luggage, under the supervision of a gendarme (August 1941).

Leaflets/Flyers

Excerpt from a police report on communist activities (August 20–21, 1941), describing the attack at the Barbès-Rochechouart metro station.