European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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That was the structure of the clandestine organization of the Communist Party, which then applied to the French snipers and partisans.
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We structured ourselves by regions and sectors.
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The regions were numbered (I was in region 7) and then there were the sectors.
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Our sector comprised three or four municipalities around Nanterre.
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One of our comrades had a big garage at his parent’s house.
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There was a little pavilion where we installed our material.
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With our manual duplicator, we produced leaflets.
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Our leaders gave us these announcements for resistance and we had to reproduce leaflets and distribute them.
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We usually did that at night, which was very dangerous
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because there was a curfew from 22h00 until 6h00 in the morning.
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One was only allowed outside with an Ausweis (pass) issued by the police or by the Germans.
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It’s strange when you think about it: nowadays our mailboxes are filled with advertisement,
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in those days we were risking our lives, risking being arrested, beaten and tortured.
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Many were used as hostages and shot. That was the case of the comrades, who I talked about before.
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They were simply shot as hostages after an event of the resistance.
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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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