Toutes les salles

Before 1934

The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

1934 - 1939

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

Oct - Dec 1941

Persecutions | The Resistance

Jan–Jul 1942

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

July 1942 - Feb 1943

Rescue of Jewish Children 

10.

August 1942 - May 1943

Stalingrad | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

11.

1943

Creation of the UJRE

12.

Jan 1943 - Mar 1944

Repression | The Major Surveillance Operations

13.

Apr 1943 - March 1944

Unification of the Resistance

14.

Apr - Sep 1944

Insurrection and Liberation

15.

Oct 1944 - Nov 1945

End of the War | Reconstruction

Salle 5 - Résistance armée

June–August 41

On the night of July 16–17, 1941, following an act of sabotage carried out by Communist activists, a freight train derailed in the municipality of Épinay-sur-Seine.

Photo, July 17, 1941, Epinay © National Archives (DR)

Room

5.3 Anti-Hitler Demonstrations and Repression

Period

1941

Document Type

Photos

Keywords

Geographic area

Source

visit the hall 5 - Résistance armée

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