THE FRENCH RESISTANCE

The French Resistance was a movement that grew in the wilds of the South and hid in the shadows of the North, fighting to remove every German from French soil. Its members strove against all odds to fight the twin spectres of the Nazi occupiers and the corrupt French collaborators. Read More »

BERTHE FRASER

One of the many heroes and heroines of the French Resistance was a middle–aged housewife, Madame Berthe Fraser, whose story we’ve included along with photographs and rare documentation of her courageous deeds. Learn »

IMAGES

We’ve put together a few rare articles and postcards of propaganda posters specific to the time of Charlotte Gray and French Resistance activities. View »

HISTORIAN

Guillame Agullo, director of The French Resistance Museum in Toulouse, France and advisor to the filmmakers of Charlotte Gray speaks about the Resistance movement. View the clips in your favorite streaming video format (Quicktime, Real Player, or Windows Media Player). The video will launch in a pop–up window.
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INSPIRATION

Read and hear (recited by music artist Tiu De Haan) the poem, “Resistance And Protest,” written by Maurice Druon and Joseph Kessel, published in the inspiring booklette, “Who Was The Enemy? Lyrics From Several Wars”. Poem »

FURTHER INFORMATION

For additional information on the French Resistance, visit the Tarrant Rushton Airfield site on The Work of the Resistance and the Spartacus Educational resource of links, maps and essays.