European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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Those who say they were not afraid during that time, are either dumb or liars.
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Or they didn’t do anything.
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As soon as you were active in the resistance, there was always the danger of being arrested, with all the consequences.
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Our police headquarters’ expertise was beating the foot soles of the people they arrested.
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Asked about day to day life, we answer that the whole French population,
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except for a minority that took advantage of the situation and dealt on the black market, suffered from hunger,
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while nowadays students can get a chocolate croissant in the bakery across their school without a problem.
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In those days we were allowed one little piece of bread a day, or 90 grams of meat a week.
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You needed to have a ration ticket; otherwise you were forced to buy on the black market.
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The Nazis had raided everything in France.
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France had been self-sufficient because of their agriculture and industry.
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They took everything, all the machines, everything.
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First resistance activities
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On September 3rd, 1939, war was declared.
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My father was mobilized as we had become French citizens.
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He was sent to the East. But they did not even have weapons.
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Unfortunately, I lost my mother at that time and my father came back to take care of the family.
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During the time it took him to come home, my aunt and uncle took care of us, my brother and me.
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In 1940, when the danger of German occupation was imminent, my aunt wanted us to go to Southern France.
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We got to know the so-called “débacle” – the total collapse – during our flight.
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