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Before 1934

The Jewish section of the M.O.I.

2.
1934 - 1939

Against Fascism | Outbreak of 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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Salle 3 - The Occupation | Creation of « Solidarity »
Jan–Sept 40

3. The Occupation | Creation of « Solidarity »

Edouard Kowalski

Gien after the Luftwaffe (Nazi air force) bombing on June 15, 1940.

Exodus

Belgians and French on the roads during the exodus, Gien, June 19, 1940.

On June 14, 1940, the Wehrmacht (the Nazi army) marched through Paris.

On June 21, Ribbentrop, Keitel, Göring, Hess, Hitler, and Brauchitsch stood in front of the Armistice Car in Rethondes.

General Keitel and General Huntziger signed the Armistice of June 22, 1940.

France divided into zones (including the “so-called Free Zone”) under the terms of the Armistice of June 22, 1940.

Call by Charles Tillon, a member of the PCF leadership, for the fight against fascism and the formation of a people’s government, June 17, 1940.

The June 18, 1940, edition of *Le Petit Parisien* reported on the armistice proposal made by Pétain to the Third Reich (Nazi Germany).

Armistice of June 1940

In its June 19, 1940, issue, *Le Petit Provençal* published General de Gaulle’s (de Gaule!) speech delivered on June 18 in London.

Louis Gronowski

Philippe Pétain

On the walls of London, a poster features a text written by General de Gaulle in early August 1940.

Demarcation Line

Paris, June 23, 1940: Adolf Hitler and his general staff visit Paris after the signing of the armistice.

A Nazi flag flying over Paris in 1940.

For Robert Endewelt, the commitment of young Jews is a patriotic commitment.

On July 10, 1940, in Vichy, the National Assembly (after the Communist deputies had been expelled) granted full powers to Marshal Pétain.

Collaboration – Vichy Regime

National Revolution (RN)

The July 11, 1940, issue of *Le Petit Dauphinois* announced the vote granting full powers to Marshal Pétain.

The first government of the Vichy regime in July 1940: Laval and Pétain in the center.