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French Resistance

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Radio Resistance: Remembering Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of June 18

France

German burials of Nazi remains stir controversy over national memory

Long read
Europe
France in focus

Resistance: When France's clergy saved Jews during WWII

France

Meet Suzanne and Simone, deported to Ravensbrück during WWII

France
The 51%

Inside Hitler's concentration camp for women

Europe

'We'll make it home together': A friendship between two deported women in Ravensbrück camp

‘Unwavering friendship’: The true story of nine women who escaped a Nazi death march

Long read
Europe

'We'll make it home together': A friendship between two deported women in Ravensbrück camp

Long read
Europe

From Ravensbrück to freedom: The story of Sweden’s daring ‘White Bus’ rescue

Europe

‘We’ve been there’: French Resistance fighters speak out against rule by the far right

FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS
Europe

WWII: In the footsteps of the African Resistance fighters who fell in the Battle of Vercors

FRENCH RESISTANCE
Europe

Macron leads tribute to victims of Nazi raid on Jewish orphanage on 80th anniversary

Europe

Macron pays tribute to Manouchian, evoking 'grand universal ideas' from array of 'political stripes'

'Values that resonated with French resisters: Hope for future, peace to come, need to improve world'

Legacy of the French Resistance: Rival factions joined forces, 'to promote a certain idea of France'

'Active resisters' Manouchian & the Francs-tireurs fought Naziism 'for this certain idea of France'

Opéra-Comique's youth performers honor Manouchian with Aznavour's 'Ils sont tombés' ('They Fell')

Armenian Resistance fighter Manouchian joins France's Pantheon heroes

France

France inducts Resistance hero Manouchian into Panthéon

France

France inducts Resistance hero Manouchian into Panthéon

national tribute
France

‘He wanted to fight for France’: Manouchian honoured as symbol of foreign Resistance fighters

‘Panthéonisation’
France
France in focus

Missak Manouchian: A stateless hero enters France's Panthéon

France

Historian debunks claims that Coco Chanel served in the French Resistance

World War II
Europe

Dig begins for German soldiers executed by French Resistance

France
France in focus

Jean Moulin: The face of the French Resistance

France

French-Armenian Resistance hero Missak Manouchian to enter France’s Panthéon

Europe
The World This Week

Do all roads lead to Jeddah? Elections in Turkey & Greece and French Resistance revelations

France’s Macron commemorates the end of WWII in Europe

France’s Macron commemorates the end of WWII in Europe

Europe

Netflix devotes series to Varian Fry, the man who saved thousands from Vichy France in WWII

Unsung hero
Europe
Reporters

A forgotten crime: Remembering the 1943 Marseille roundup

France
Focus

Police resistance during WWII: How French officers saved hundreds of Jews in Nancy

France

New French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, daughter of a stateless Auschwitz survivor

FAMILY HERITAGE
France

Ukraine conflict overshadows France's World War II commemorations

France
The Debate

Celebrating an extraordinary life: What is Josephine Baker's legacy?

France

Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman to enter France’s Panthéon

Culture

Macron pays tribute to last French Resistance fighter on Armistice Day

France
Perspective

The legacy of the French Resistance with historian Guillaume Piketty

France

Macron leads homage to Hubert Germain, last member of French Resistance order

France

France's last surviving WWII Resistance hero dies aged 101

France's last surviving World War II Resistance hero dies at 101

OBITUARY
Europe

Joséphine Baker to enter French Panthéon of national heroes

France

A game changer for the French Resistance: The Barbès metro attack, 80 years on

France

Petition seeks to honour French Resistance hero Joséphine Baker at the Panthéon

France
Perspective

The true story of two French women who risked their lives to defy the Nazis

arts24

'Colette' revisits World War II trauma and wins Academy Award for best documentary short

Culture

French Resistance film 'Colette' wins Oscar for best documentary short

Culture

French Resistance and Holocaust documentary film Colette vies for an Oscar

Culture

The smile at Auschwitz: Uncovering the story of a young girl in the French Resistance

Web documentary
France

The smile at Auschwitz: Uncovering the story of a young girl in the French Resistance

France pays homage to WWII Resistance hero Daniel Cordier

Europe

France to pay tribute to WWII resistance hero Daniel Cordier

France
arts24

Film show: Mime star Marcel Marceau's wartime heroics

Culture

Daniel Cordier, one of France's last WWII resistance heroes, dies aged 100

France

France honours 6-year-old Quinquin, youngest wartime resistance hero

France
France in focus

Looking back at the rise of the French Resistance

France

French Resistance fighter Yvette Lundy dies aged 103

France

De Gaulle's 18 June 1940 Call: "Without Churchill's help he would have been no where"

The unknown story of pioneering French feminist Martha Desrumaux

FRANCE
France

French WWII resistance fighters warn against voting for Marine Le Pen

FRANCE
France