Liberation Fighters' Words wrote that Jeanne Abadie had been released on October 26, 1943, after a year in prison without revealing her escape route. According to the account, torture had left her almost blind and the enemy believed she was out of danger. Nevertheless, she resumed the fight and pursued him to his home. https://t.co/bQCouLwAIl #Résistance #Histoire #Liberté (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation mentioned André Verchuren and a promising career starting in 1940, interrupted according to the account by his assistance to Allied aviators, his arrest, torture, and Dachau. He also recalled that in 1945, when France needed celebrations, Verchuren struggled to play the accordion before embarking on a very successful career. https://t.co/t7PZgA4rDp #Histoire #Musique #Résilience (translated)
The Fighters for Liberation wrote that the handshake between Pétain and Hitler on October 24, 1940, prompted Jacqueline Fleury to join the Resistance at the age of 16. The account noted that this led to her imprisonment, torture, and deportation, and that she was always there to remind that "there are moments when one cannot accept anything." https://t.co/Z1zTsSnqIr #Résistance #Histoire #Mémoire (translated)
The words of the Fighters of Liberation recalled that Mélanie Berger-Volle, Jewish, Austrian, and communist, escaped from Baumettes in pajamas on October 15, 1943. The author indicated that she had died the day before, at the age of 105, and reminded us of her message about the importance of resisting, adding that it is better to "live standing than on your knees." https://t.co/kuxWVRMaxa #Résistance #Mémoire #Liberté (translated)
Words of Liberation fighters wrote that Georges Bauce, a worker from Stains, had joined the armed action before his 20th birthday. The account indicated that he signed his last letter to his parents on October 23, 1943, bidding them farewell and proclaiming, "Long live France, my country!". It specified that Bauce never reached 20 years old and presented him as an FTP. https://t.co/atr2L3EUvJ #Histoire #Résistance #France (translated)
The Liberators’ Fighters' Words recounted that Maria Murzeau, who lived on a farm in Touraine with her eight children, traveled several kilometers each night with strangers whom she helped reach the free zone. The account stated that she asked for nothing in return and that she had been sentenced to nine months in prison. https://t.co/oyTlNDuDq5 #Solidarité #Immigration #Résistance (translated)
The Fighters of the Liberation mentioned Lucie Aubrac in Lyon, introducing her as 31 years old, pregnant, and unmarried, and claiming that her family would reject her. According to the account, she had begged the Gestapo to accept the union. It was added that, on October 21, 1943, she led the commando that attacked the van and freed Raymond, after having played the role of the distraught partner. The account concluded by mentioning boldness and freedom. https://t.co/5zHu8pBNrd #Lyon #Histoire #Liberté (translated)
The Liberation Fighters' Words wrote that Jean-Louis Théobald was arrested on June 9, 1943, along with the leader of the Secret Army, then subjected to 18 interrogations and deported at the age of 20. According to the account, he had escaped, went to Algeria, and returned to liberate France with the veterans of Bir Hakeim after being wounded three times. https://t.co/U0XOsy4CVu #Histoire #Résistance #Libération (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation wrote that Serge Ravanel, aged 23, was held by the Germans on October 19, 1943. The author described him as an essential member of the Resistance, who had organized numerous bold actions with his commando groups. He added that Ravanel had already escaped twice and that, during his third escape, he jumped out of a window before throwing himself into the Ain. https://t.co/h9GV9E2QO2 #Résistance #Histoire #Liberté (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation wrote that Suzanne Orts, a high school student in Mâcon, was 18 years old in 1945 and had already experienced defeat, resistance, fraternity, betrayal, imprisonment, deportation, illness, and victory. According to the author, she dedicated the following 73 years to sharing these experiences. https://t.co/SFlpM2VIES #Histoire #Mémoire #Résilience (translated)
In June 1941, Jeanne Robert, a 26-year-old schoolteacher in the North, informed the Allies that the Gestapo was waiting for her at the school's exit. She had fled to Gers, where she resumed teaching while continuing the resistance, according to the account. In October 1943, once again pursued, she had to leave for London, where she gave birth. https://t.co/6heI1e3YP0 #Histoire #Résistance #SecondeGuerreMondiale (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation told that Simone Jacques-Yahiel, the first star ballerina at the opera, had resisted with her family before being deported to Ravensbrück. According to the account, despite her exhaustion, she continued to resist by sabotaging the work chain and dancing to restore hope to her companions, before surviving. https://t.co/4jE5uIdFGw #Résilience #Histoire #Danse (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation recounted that Yvette Bunel, a 22-year-old secretary, had made false papers, had been deported, and then escaped. According to the account, she had always refused the Legion of Honor, believing that her commitment to the Resistance, guided by her heart and loyalty, was enough for her personal satisfaction. https://t.co/4Ax0Hfjpv6 #Résistance #Histoire #Mémoire (translated)
The Liberators' Words wrote that in 1942, in Lyon, Professor Anne-Marie Soucelier had refused to take her students to a tribute to Pétain, then had been denounced and dismissed. The author added that she had provided information and helped prisoners escape, before being arrested, tortured, and deported. According to the account, she had survived and emerged victorious. https://t.co/hjah778Gz8 #Histoire #Résistance #Courage (translated)
The song of the Liberation fighters retraced the journey of Yseult Saulnier, mentioning the atrocities of the Gestapo in Prague as early as 1940, her commitment to the Resistance within a German service in Lyon, three months in Montluc and a year in Ravensbrück. According to the account, the most painful ordeal was leaving her baby, born in prison; victory had brought them together. https://t.co/jcItaDJR2g #Résistance #Histoire #Libération (translated)
The words of the Liberation Fighters described Gontran Labrégère as a worker from Angoulême who was outraged by the Occupation and had decided to take action despite his destitution. The account noted that he was executed by firing squad on October 12, 1941, for the arson of a straw depot, at the age of 19. In a letter to his mother, he had written that he did not wish to leave too bad a memory. https://t.co/kmZa259Bhg #Histoire #Mémoire #Résistance (translated)
The Fighters of Liberation recounted that Jean-Claude Camors had pretended to be a fisherman in order to reach London. The BCRA had deemed him too tall and too recognizable, but he insisted and led a network. According to the account, the Gestapo arrested him on October 11, 1943. Wounded, he had run to get rid of what he was carrying before collapsing. At the age of 23, he was never seen again. https://t.co/nE3zpMSkA1 #Histoire #Résistance #SecondeGuerreMondiale (translated)
Liberation Fighters’ Words recounted that on October 10, 1943, Lucien Navarron fled after the café where he was located was surrounded and papers were demanded. The author described him as a determined man, heroic in 1940, and wrote that three bullets hit him without either his wounds or torture making him speak. He is said to have died on October 15, at the age of 30, without revealing his true name: André Aalberg. https://t.co/Al3Y09qlgb #Histoire #Résistance #Mémoire (translated)
The words of the Liberation Combatants recounted the journey of Jeanne Alexandre, whose father had been killed on the front in 1914. According to the account, she had been a boarder with nuns and had started working at 14, before fully committing to the Resistance. Captured in 1942, she had heard her husband being tortured nearby. She had been told that the torture would stop if she spoke, but she revealed nothing. She died in Ravensbrück at the age of 30. https://t.co/X6pETv5YTk #Résistance #Histoire #Mémoire (translated)
The Fighters of the Liberation recounted that Paulette Besson, aged 23, had provided false papers to the Resistance without anyone at the prefecture of Savoie knowing. The report stated that she had been arrested and tortured at Montluc, and then her comrades had praised her generosity during deportation. On October 8, 1944, they defied the ban to lay flowers on her modest coffin. https://t.co/D1KUbZSOLK #Résistance #Histoire #Mémoire (translated)
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