The Résistance represents a multitude of groups and organizations that fought against the German occupation of France as well as the collaborationist politics of the Vichy regime during the Second World War. The number of Jews involved in the Résistance was remarkably high, the extent and type of their contributions to the resistance reflecting the diff…
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Poznanski, Renée, “Résistance”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 29 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0740>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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