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The resistant would be the French who joined de Gaulle or the maquisard. The resistant, it would be his wife, his fiancée, his sister who helped him. "
This is the general idea that we have of the role of women during the Second World War, protests Dominique Missika, in the preamble of this book of public utility. Well, no, she said, and to point out that they also fought on their own.
“Arms in hand, for some. Many have trained men to act and fight against the occupation of their country… ”.
Historian and publisher, she has already devoted numerous works to women under the Occupation, notably
Berty Albrecht
,
Simone Veil and her sisters
and
Un amour de Kessel
.
See also
French women in war and occupation, portraits of women
This time, she paints a picture of the Female Resistance, a book that she could have titled "Women of the Shadows".
Precise, documented, educational, usefully illustrated, the document presents the itineraries of these anonymous women who valiantly resisted.
There are those that we know (a little):
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