European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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In Nanterre, several resistance groups were slowly forming.
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We were the youngsters of the Communist Youth Movement,
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but we were separated from the adults in the Communist Party for safety reasons.
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Some of them were arrested while distributing the leaflets. They were sentenced.
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Two women were both deported. One of them died during the deportation.
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I tell you this to explain that distributing these flyers or newspapers at the time was risking your life.
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Concerning the male resistant fighters, there were more than 15 arrests.
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We had not internalized the importance of organizing ourselves in the underground yet. Everyone knew each other.
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Nine of them were shot and the other eight died during the deportation to Auschwitz.
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Political activities
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During the elections of 1935, the reactionary government of Nanterre
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had been replaced by a communist government.
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During the electoral campaign, there were always meetings in the various neighborhoods.
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These meetings were called “Le compte rendu des mandats”. My father often took me along.
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I participated at meetings for the legislative elections
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in which Waldeck Rocher won against the Comte De Fels.
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My father also took me to my first demonstration.
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It was called the “Wall of the Confederates” in memory of the Paris Commune (1870/71).
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I remember meeting my teacher, a young socialist, at the demonstration.
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I belonged to the Communist Youth Movement.
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