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Salle 14 - Insurrection et Libération

April–September 1944

Telegram dated April 6, 1944, from Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo in Lyon, regarding the arrest of the staff and children of the “Children’s Colony” in Izieu and their transfer to Drancy.

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Document, April 6, 1944 © Shoah Memorial /XLVI-240

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14.2 The Final Flickerings of Collaboration and Nazism

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