European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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He applied for naturalization in 1930. Otherwise it was very difficult to find work.
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I went to school, “The Ecole Republique”, in Nanterre.
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The school has now disappeared to make way for the University Paris X.
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I went to that school until the age of 13 and got my Elementary School Certificate - Certificat d’Etudes.
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To please my teacher, I took an entry test for high school, but it was not my goal.
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At the time my brother had just been born,
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my mother was not working because she had a heart disease.
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We needed to call the doctor often and my father was only a worker, so we were not very rich.
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On one hand, I wanted to contribute to the family by working.
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On the other hand, I wanted
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to be free and independent. That was even more important.
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So at the age of 14, I started working.
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That was in 1937/1938, during the first crisis, and unemployment was a big issue.
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As I had learned no trade, I did a little bit of everything.
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I worked in a toy factory; I also worked unloading the little boats on the Seine.
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I was not very picky about the work, as it was quite hard to find a job at the time.
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Song about the conspiracy
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‘There is a word: the underground.
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What does it mean? No one knows.
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It’s a heavenly attraction, rather poor board.
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