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1.
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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HALL 5 - Armed resistance
June–August 41

5. Armed resistance

Map of the German forces’ invasion routes into the USSR beginning on June 22, 1941 (Operation Barbarossa).

A concentration of German vehicles and tanks in Poland on the eve of Operation Barbarossa (June 1941).

German troops crossing the Soviet border with a cannon during Operation Barbarossa (June 22, 1941).

A leaflet produced by the Communist Party in early 1941.

Underground leaflets of the Communist Youth (Spring 1941).

Special issue of the underground newspaper *La Vie Ouvrière* (CGT) dated June 8, 1941, praising the miners’ struggle.

A German poster announcing the first convictions for strike-related offenses, signed by General Niehoff, June 3, 1941.

Armed resistance

Communist flag (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, spring 1941).

“Reserved for Germans” sign to be posted in first-class subway cars starting Oct. 27. 1940.

In a leaflet, sports leaders denounce the Nazification of sports in France (1941).

Civil Resistance

Distributing and throwing leaflets against the occupying forces: a dangerous activity, according to Roger Trugnan.

A device used by communist Resistance fighters to distribute leaflets at a later time: as the water in the box drains out, the mousetrap springs open and dispenses the leaflets.

Instructions for Using the Flyer-Distribution Device.

Youth Battalions

A typewriter keyboard with Hebrew characters, used for Yiddish texts.

Yiddish alphabet (composed of Hebrew characters).

On July 14, 1941, the underground newspaper *L’Humanité* called for demonstrations and for people to express their solidarity with the USSR.

Resolution in Yiddish and French on the Formation of the National Front for the Struggle for France’s Independence. July 1941

Four fake ID cards for the same person (1940–1942).

Part of the team behind “Les Français parlent aux Français,” one of the BBC’s most popular programs, which symbolizes a spirit of Resistance.

Radio London

Confiscation of radio sets by German authorities in the Lille region (May 12, 1941).