Rédigé par Alain dans la rubrique Le coin du collectionneur
This is an original photo taken by an american reporter. It was taken on Bastille Day in 1942 as 100,000 people took to the streets in Lyon to protest against the Vichy government and Nazi occupation. Shown here are the notes dated 9-7-42 that are on the back of the photo
Rédigé par Alain dans la rubrique Le coin du collectionneur
I acquired this ring last year, described as 2nd world war but apparently it dates from the 1st world war. Made in the trenches by a french soldier un 'poilu' and fabricated from a remnant of a german shell and fashioned round the end of a rifle. Lovely piece!
Rédigé par Alain dans la rubrique Lieu de mémoire
On the morning of the 5th of may 1943, in a clearing in the forest of La Braconne to the east of Angouleme six résistants were shot by SS Soldiers. The six were Jean Barriere, Paul Bernard, Jean Gallois, Rene Michel, Marc and Marcel Nepoux and were amongst 50 local people arrested at the end of November 1942 for being involved in 'activities' against the Germans.
Rédigé par Alain dans la rubrique Opération spéciale, Portrait
Bob Maloubier aka Robert Mortier was born in 1923 in Paris and was just 17 when the Germans invaded France. He had spent part of his childhood in the U.S. where his father had been a Professor at the Columbia University in New York.
