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1.
Before 1934

The Jewish Section of the M.O.I.

2.
1934 - 1939

Against Fascism | Beginning of the War

3.
Jan 1940 - Sept 1940

The Occupation | Creation of “Solidarity”

4.
Sept 1940 - June 1941

State Antisemitism | Responses

5.
June - August 1941

Armed resistance

6.
August - Oct 1941

Execution of hostages

7.
Oct - Dec 1941

Persecutions | The Resistance

8.
Jan–Jul 1942

Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup | The FTP-M.O.I.

9.
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

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GALLERY 15 - Fin de la guerre | Reconstruction
oct 44 - nov 45

15. End of the war | Reconstruction

General de Gaulle’s second government included five Communist ministers (November 13, 1945).

The homes run by the Commission Centrale de l’Enfance (CCE) for the children of those who were executed and deported.

The January 31, 1945, issue of *La Dordogne Libre* reported the return of 200,000 prisoners and deportees who had been liberated by the Soviets.

The Manoir de Denouval in Andrésy, acquired by the CCE on Dec. 28, 1945, took in Jewish orphans who had survived the deportations. Between 1945 and 1949, nearly 200 children aged 5 to 13 stayed at the manor.

A collage created by the Jewish orphans living at the Maison d’Andrésy.

The painter Marc Chagall (center) at the Denouval manor in Andrésy, in 1946.

Scenes from the Commission Centrale de l’Enfance (CCE) shelters for Jewish orphans in Le Raincy and Montreuil.

Scenes from the shelters run by the Commission Centrale de l’Enfance for Jewish orphans in Aix-les-Bains and Sainte-Maxime.

A meeting at the headquarters of the UJJ, affiliated with the M.O.I., on Boulevard des Belges in the Brotteaux neighborhood of Lyon, fall 1944.

The clandestine printing press of the Francs Tireurs and Partisans Français (FTP) in the Lot

Statistical Overview of FTP-MOI Activities

U.S. Trusteeship

UJJ youth enlisted in the 1st Rhône Regiment. Sept. 1944

Cover of the book “The Stranger’s Blood.”

Robert Endewelt (former head of the UJJ in Paris) discusses the importance of preserving history and defines the Resistance as the actions taken by people in the face of a situation deemed irreversible.

National Narrative

Memorial to the Jewish children herded into the Vélodrome d’Hiver in July 1942 and exterminated at Auschwitz. Paris, 15th arrondissement.

Book cover: Revolutionary Jews

Plaque commemorating those rounded up under the “green ticket” operation, interned in camps in the Loiret, and exterminated at Auschwitz. (Plaque at the Austerlitz train station in Paris).

A child’s account of his father’s deportation.

Plaque honoring the FTP-MOI Resistance fighters of the “Affiche rouge” movement. 19 rue au Maire, Paris 3rd arrondissement

Plaque commemorating Marcel Rajman, one of the members of the “Affiche Rouge” Resistance group. 1 Rue des Immeubles Industriels, 11th arrondissement, Paris.

Book cover: Growing Up After the Shoah.

In 1962, a tribute was paid to those executed at Mont-Valérien in 1942.