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Salle 6 - Exécution d’otages
August–October 1941

The August 21, 1941, issue of *Le Matin*, a collaborationist newspaper, reports on the roundup of Jews in Paris’s 11th arrondissement and justifies it on the grounds of their communist activities.

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Le Matin newspaper, August 21, 1941 © BNF, Gallica

Salle

6.1 Anti-German attacks. Roundup in the 11th arrondissement of Paris

Période

1941

Type de document

Mots-clés

NC

Zone géographique

NC

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