- Summary of FTP-M.O.I. Activities in Paris and the Suburbs.
The figures may vary slightly depending on the source.
The Jewish FTP carried out “hundreds of dangerous operations, mainly between 1942 (the year the FTP-M.O.I. was founded) and 1944.”
Paris (1942–1943)
- ≈ 229 armed operations
- Bombings, acts of sabotage, attacks on convoys, targeted killings
- ≈ 150 German soldiers killed, ≈ 200 wounded
- Massive crackdown: ≈ 120 arrests, 70 deportations
- 23 members of the “Manouchian Group” were executed by firing squad (February 21, 1944). Olga Bancic, head of the weapons depot, was guillotined in Stuttgart, Germany
ACTIONS | Quantitative estimates |
Total Armed Operations | ≈ 229 |
Solo attacks | ≈ 150 |
Targeted executions | ≈ 30 |
Bombings | ≈ 20 |
Railway Sabotage | ≈ 11 |
Attacks on Convoys | ≈ 18 |
Weapons Recoveries | ≈ 40 |
Propaganda campaigns | ≈ 300 |
German soldiers killed | ≈ 150 |
Activists Arrested | ≈ 120 |
Fusillés (Red Poster) | 23 |
2. Summary of the Activities of the FTP-M.O.I. in the Southern Zone (1942–1944)
- 250 to 300 fighters
- 200 to 250 armed operations
- Railway sabotage, terrorist attacks, urban guerrilla warfare
- 100 to 150 German soldiers killed
- Very harsh crackdown: approximately 150 arrests, 80 to 100 people shot.
ACTIONS | Quantitative estimates |
Total workforce | 250–300 |
Armed operations | 200–250 |
Railway Sabotage | 40–50 |
Bombings | 30–40 |
Attacks on convoys | ≈ 30 |
Targeted executions | ≈ 20 |
German Casualties | 100–150 killed |
Combatants Arrested | ≈ 150 |
Combatants Killed | 80–100 |
About 100 people were killed in the “Carmagnole” and “Liberté” resistance groups.
3. Summary of the Activities of the “Jewish Section” of the M.O.I.
Many Jews in the M.O.I. do not belong to the “Jewish section,” where Yiddish is spoken, and are grouped (in the “Romanian section,” for example) based on the language they primarily speak.
However, the “Jewish section” is the largest, most active, and quickest to become operational:
- 200 to 250 Jews
- 120 to 150 armed operations (≈ 60% of FTP-MOI operations in Paris)
- 80 to 100 German soldiers killed
- ≈ 150 arrests, ≈ 90 deportations
- 75% of those executed in the “Red Poster” affair were Jews
ACTIONS | Estimates | Percentages |
Jewish fighters | 200–250 | ≈ 50% of Parisian FTP-MOI |
Armed operations | 120–150 | ≈ 60% of total shares |
Arrests | ≈ 150 | ≈ 60% of FTP-MOI arrests |
Fusillés (Red Poster) | 23 | 75% were Jews |
Reference:
- Stéphane Courtois, Denis Peschanski, Adam Rayski, 1994, *The Blood of the Stranger: MOI Immigrants in the Resistance*, Fayard
- Diamant, David, 1971, *The Jews in the French Resistance, 1940–1944*, Roger Maria
- Jean-Yves Boursier, 1992, *The Partisan War in the Southwest… The 35th FTP-M.O.I. Brigade*. L’Harmattan
