Semimonthly 8 volumes : illustrations (some folded), maps (some color) ; 28 cm

Consists of personnel card files for the Free Masons of the Grand Loge de France. Each card contains the member's name along with brief biographical and residence information. Also contains documents pertaining to the expropriation of property belonging to the Masons and files related to the post-war purging of members who collaborated with Nazi or Vichy officials.

Cover title. 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Oorspronkelijk verschenen in het Portugees als: 'Vichy e a France Livre na Africa Occidental durante a Segunda Grande Guerra' in: Afro-Asia (1970) nr. 10-11, p. 67-77.

An American anti-war propaganda film produced by the U.S. Office of War Information to educate US soldiers before going to France. Some scenes are staged. Reel 4: Shows French POWs in a German camp, the Free French fleet and air squadrons, scuttled French warships in Toulon, and advancing Allied troops. French troops are reviewed by de Gaulle and in Great Britain, and Russian and French underground ...

Published also in French under title: L'Afrique française libre. 38 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

In Sisters in the Resistance, noted scholar and historian Margaret Collins Weitz weaves a remarkable collection of first-person interviews into a unique oral history of the women who fought for the French Resistance. The result is a vivid portrait of defiance and endurance that captures the unsung heroism, quiet courage, and ultimate triumph of the women in "the army of the shadows." Candidly, calmly, ...

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index. xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Cover title: Europe's free press; the underground newspapers of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Norway. 127, [1] pages illustrations (facsimiles) 19 cm

A comprehensive history of the French Vichy government's attempt to maintain its sovereignty while at the same time supporting Nazi Germany during World War II; and describes how they worked to undermine the influence of German spies as well as hunt down member's of the Free French. "Originally published as Vichy et la chasse aux espions nazis, ©2005 by Éditions"--Title page verso. xix, 218 pages ...

"On 22 June 1940 Marshal Philippe Pétain's newly-constituted French government signed an armistice with Hitler's Germany. At the same time, a relatively unknown Brigadier General named Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle fled to London. De Gaulle became the leader of the Free French movement, which resolved to continue fighting against the Axis powers in the name of France. It pursued this battle ...

The Federation of Jewish Societies of France (FSJF) was founded in Paris between 1923 and 1926 with the aim of bringing together dozens of immigrant Jewish societies. From the 1930s onwards, the FSJF was recognized as the main representative of Jews who had immigrated to France. Included among its leaders were Israel Jefroykin, Marc Jarblum, Claude Kelman, Judah Jacoubovitch and Reuven Grinberg. The ...

Fighting in an around St. Malo, France. A horse-drawn cart with several women in it rides past a street sign that has arrows pointing in the directions of Rennes and St. Malo. The scene switches to show a plane in the air over the countryside. Smoke rises from the ground. Back on the ground, an American soldier surveys the scene through binoculars. Two soldiers aim a 75mm gun at the town of St. Malo. ...

"A definitive biography of the mythic general who refused to accept the Nazi domination of France, drawing on unpublished letters, memoirs, and papers in the newly opened de Gaulle archives that show how this volatile man put a broken France back at the center of world affairs. In the early summer of 1940, when France was overrun by German troops, one junior general who had fought in the trenches in ...

Eva Edmands was born on October 27, 1929, in Vienna, Austria. In 1938, her family fled to Paris, France. Her father worked as a journalist in Paris until he was drafted into the French army and sent to southern France. Eva and her mother remained in Paris, but after a threatening visit by the Gestapo, they fled to Bordeaux, France. Eva and her mother crossed into the Free Zone of France and joined ...

Presents a list of Jews who were residing in the French Free Zone in 1942, compiled by Gobitz, a former deportee, from lists he found in regional archives. Traces the history of the internment of the Jews in the regions of the Free Zone, and depicts life in the internment camps there, classified by Department. Provides, with added commentary, original archival material from that period, including letters ...

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Based on interviews, relates the experiences of 33 French Jews who survived the Holocaust. Some of them experienced discrimination and persecution in France in hiding, living in the Free Zone, or imprisoned in French internment camps, while others emigrated. Some were members of the resistance, others were deported to concentration camps. Most lost part of their families during the Holocaust. Quotes ...

A Castle Films showcase of news events for the year 1941 with English titles: "War-Five Years! China fights on as tension in Pacific grows!" "Siege of Tobruk! British guns repel year-long Axis attack!" 01:01:04 "Balkan crisis! Nazis overwhelm heroic Greeks!" Ruins, shocked civilians, wounded. Crowds of troops. 01:01:25 "Germans halted! Capture of Iraq stops Hitler's march toward Suez!" Air warfare, ...

This collection contains: a photomontage of portraits of Jewish children deported from Belgium, used as a cover for the commemorative publication entitled "Mémorial de la déportation de Belgique de 25.124 Juifs et de 351 Tziganes" by Serge Klarsfeld an Maxime Steinberg ; the pages of addendum number 2 of the "Mémorial de la Déportation des Juifs de France" [Memorial of the Deportation of Jews from ...

(INV1485) Wide shot of street filled with ruins on the ground or some kind of small blockade constructed from ruins. 00:07 American Army cars driving down the street. Civilians approach the car to shake hands with soldiers. 00:23 MS of civilians approaching soldiers. Crowds looking and waving at the camera. 00:29 Larger crowds. 00:35 Two boys approach and kiss soldier 00:52 CU of soldier speaking next ...