{"id":16830,"date":"2024-06-17T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T08:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museemrjmoi.com\/reorganization-and-priorities-of-the-pcf-in-1940\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T14:21:48","slug":"reorganization-and-priorities-of-the-pcf-in-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museemrjmoi.com\/en\/reorganization-and-priorities-of-the-pcf-in-1940\/","title":{"rendered":"Reorganization and Priorities of the PCF in 1940"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At the start of the war, the PCF, forced underground, was severely weakened by the defections of activists following the German-Soviet Pact, by the arrests of communists, and by the mobilization of many men into the military.<\/div>

The Party is undertaking a reorganization. The attempt to resume legal publication of*L’Humanit\u00e9*<\/em>, negotiated with the Germans, is quickly abandoned and condemned by the leadership in exile in the USSR. <\/p>

The enemy being denounced is, above all, the Vichy government, which hunts down and arrests activists.<\/p>

In fact, as early as June and early July, several documents drafted by Party leaders emphasized national independence. This was the case with the appeal issued by Charles Tillon* in Bordeaux. The declaration, signed in Moscow between June 17 and 19, 1940, by Maurice Thorez* and Andr\u00e9 Marty*, states that \u201cfrom now on, what is at stake is the very existence of our people as a sovereign nation, and of France as an \u2018independent state.\u2019\u201d A few weeks later, just as both chambers in Vichy were voting to grant P\u00e9tain full powers, the PCF adopted an Appeal to the Peuple de France, which would come to be known after the war as the Appeal of July 10, 1940, signed by Jacques Duclos* and Maurice Thorez*. The appeal does not name the occupier but targets above all \u201cthe traitors of Vichy,\u201d denounces \u201cthe humiliation of the Occupation,\u201d and repeatedly invokes the \u201cright to independence.\u201d With relatively limited circulation, this text was not even mentioned bythe<\/em> undergroundedition of *L’Humanit\u00e9*<\/em>, which instead focused on the plight of widows and orphans, the disappearance of one and a half million prisoners, and the shortages caused by the Occupation\u2019s requisitions. <\/p>

At first, the fight against the Nazis was not the main focus of communist activity. In 1940, the primary adversary was Philippe P\u00e9tain, the \u201cGerman puppet.\u201d <\/p>

*Leaders of the French Communist Party<\/em>*<\/p>

Reference:<\/p>

Martelli, Roger; Vigreux, Jean; Wolikow, Serge, 2020. The Red Party: A History of the PCF, 1920\u20132020<\/em>. Armand Colin <\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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