The Extraordinary Repatriation of Deported Resisters

French Resistance Heroes and Heroines in WWII

French Resistance heroic men and women who risked all to fight the Nazis. Find out here about those heroes and heroines In 1940, France suffered the humiliation of bitter defeat when it was conquered by the Nazis after a whirlwind campaign that lasted a mere forty days. The shock demoralized the country. Some chose the path of collaboration, while others put their heads down and tried to live as best they…

The Extraordinary Repatriation of Deported Resisters

[Un article de The Conversation écrit par Pierre-Emmanuel Dufayel – Doctorant en histoire, Université de Caen Normandie ] 10,000 women deported from France occupied during the Second World War were repatriated during the spring and summer of 1945. The vast majority was engaged in resistance, some rare Jewish women in France who survived are present in these long processions. Out of the hundreds of thousands of individuals repatriated then, depor…

[An article in The Conversation written by Pierre-Emmanuel Dufayel - Doctor of History, University of Caen Normandie ] About 10,000 women deported from France occupied during the Second World War were repatriated during the spring and summer of 1945. The vast majority were engaged in the Resistance, few Jewish women from France who survived were present in these long processions. Out of the hundreds of thousands of individuals repatriated then, …