European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Raymond Bardet, who was in the Résistance – he was one of the leaders of the resistance of the railroad workers.
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We were to protect him during his return to the City Hall for the Council of the Liberation Committee next day.
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So we separated, and while I left to perform my task,
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Louis Meunier and his father met one of the comrades that had been imprisoned on July 14th, 1940.
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He had just been liberated, as the prison guards had begun to open the doors of the prison and let the resistance fighters escape.
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They lost time on this encounter.
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Then the last Germans who were exploding the equipment from the aviation camp before leaving passed by and arrested them.
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They searched them and found the revolver I had given to Louis Meunier.
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He didn’t like weapons, but I gave him one, telling him he needed it to defend himself.
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They found his FFI (Forces Françaises à l’Interieur – the French Forces inside the country which was the resistance) bracelet as well.
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His family never blamed me, but I always wonder if things would have happened differently, had I not given him a revolver.
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I am afraid so. It all had a big impact on me.
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I would have been there with them had we not decided that I would meet the comrades to get the mayor.
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That shows how thin the thread is life hangs on. Just a little bit of luck.
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Going in the underground; Activities
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One could be part of the resistance movement and have a normal occupation as well.
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I worked in the Simca factory.
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That was an Italian enterprise. The director, Mr.Picosi, was Italian.
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They produced cars before the war. During the occupation, we were forced to produce axels for tanks.
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We started sabotaging the machines during our work.
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