France
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The Le Paradis massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. It took place on 27 May 1940, during the Battle of France, at a time when the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was attempting to retreat through the Pas-de-Calais region during…
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What’s in a name? Usually not much really but sometimes it can be everything. It can even be the difference of life and death. In this case the name Jean Stephan, both men were members of the French resistance but their lives had completely different outcomes. Jean Stéphan was a French resistant born October 28,…
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Harry Baur (12 April 1880 as Henri-Marie Baur in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine – 8 April 1943 in Paris) was a French actor.. Thanks to his impressive performance and his melodic voice he became one of the most important French actors of his time. His father died in 1890 when his business was left ruined after a…
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Hugo de Groot (AKA Hugo Grotius) born in Delft on 10 April 1583 (the year before William of Orange was murdered). He was the intellectual prodigy of his age, and one of the ornaments of the University of Leyden. Early in life he became associated with Olden Barneveld, and when the struggle between Arminius and…
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Guy Môquet was executed on October 22, 1941., a 17 year young French Communist militant.and resistance fighter. During the German occupation of France during World War II, he was taken hostage by the Nazis and executed by firing squad in retaliation for attacks on Germans by the French Resistance. Môquet went down in history as…
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Today marks the 79th anniversary of the Vel’ d’Hiv Roundup. During the so-called “Vel d’Hiv” raid, which took place on July 16 and 17, 1942, the victims were held at the Vélodrome d’Hiver, a cycling stadium in Paris’s 15th arrondissement. 8,160 Jews, including more than 4,000 children, were locked up in the stadium in terrible…
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Nowadays people look at the likes of Beyoncé,Lady GaGa,Rihanna,etc and think Girl power. Now,Nancy Wake that was Girl power , the real deal and thank god she was on our side. “I don’t see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.” Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC,…
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