World War, 1939-1945, Underground Resistance – France

World War, 1939-1945, Underground Resistance collection – France. – 1936-1945, 1949-1950; predominant 1940-1944. – ca. 1,075 items.

Collection consists of newspapers and periodicals (114 titles, ca. 400 issues); broadsides (33 items); leaflets (341 items); and books and pamphlets (84 items) and other documents (27 items) produced by or relating to the underground resistance in France during the Second World War.  Also included are related materials: ephemera from the pre-War and “Phony War” periods (15 items); Free French and other foreign publications (43 items); items related to the liberation of Paris (8 items) and to the period immediately after the liberation (45 items); autograph letters and manuscripts (20 items); and books inscribed by their authors (60 items).  Most of the documents are in French, while some are in German or Yiddish.

The collection has been arranged in the following series (click on links for finding aids in pdf format):

Pre-War and "Phony War": ephemera

Underground Newspapers and Periodicals

Broadsides
Phony War” - 1939-1940
Broadsides of the Resistance
Administrative Broadsides of the Occupation
Execution Broadsides
Broadsides Issued by Vichy and the Pétain Government
Broadsides Issued During the Liberation of Paris
Broadsides Issued After the Liberation of Paris

Underground Leaflets
Anniversaries
Armed Insurrection
Catholics
Collaborators
Le Front National
Général De Gaulle
German Language Leaflets and/or Leaflets for German Soldiers
Germany-USSR Non Aggression Pact
Humour
Living Conditions and Hardship
Martyrs
Merchants and Farmers
Miscellaneous
Mouvement National Contre Le Racisme (M.N.C.R.)
Nazis
“Papillons”
Pétain
Prisoners Camps
Prophecies
Service du Travail Obligatoire (S.T.O.)
Socialiste, Parti
Thorez and the French Communist Party
USSR – Red Soldiers
Women
Workers, Unions and Strikes
Youth – Groupes de Jeunes and F.U.J.P. (Forces Unies De La Jeunesse Patriotique)

Underground Books and Pamphlets
Literary Publications
Éditions De Minuit (Underground Editions)
Political Publications

Underground Documents
Internal documents of underground groups
Forged documents used by the Resistance and the Allies
Related documents

Free French and Other Foreign Publications
Catalogued Publications
Printed material, typescripts, ephemera, etc.

Liberation of Paris
Catalogued Publications
Newspapers
Printed material, typescripts, ephemera, etc.

After the Liberation
Catalogued Publications
Printed material, typescripts, ephemera, etc.

Signed Documents: Letters, Manuscripts, Photographs, etc.

Inscribed Books

Title based on content of the collection.
The collection was acquired from Michel Brisebois in 2008. Mr. Brisebois acquired the collection over a number of years from a variety of sources.
Finding aid available (click on links above).
There are no access restrictions.
Further accruals are possible.