Finding Aid
World War, 1939-1945, Underground Resistance collection – France. – 1936-1945, 1949-1950; predominant 1940-1944. – ca. 1,075 items.
The listing here highlights the main catagories of the collection, each heading is a link to a more detailed pdf finding aid:
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
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