The Blind in the Resistance
The Blind in the Resistance

The Blind in the Resistance

L20250018
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From 1940 to 1944, women and men, young and old, in spite of their disability, threw themselves wholeheartedly into the struggle for the liberation of their country. The boldness of the actions they carried out is breathtaking, both in their defiance and their determination. A great many of them were arrested. Many were shot, others deported.

The immense page of courage they wrote did not escape Charles de Gaulle. He welcomed them among the one thousand and thirty-nine Companions of the Liberation. In 2014, a memorial stone was erected in Paris, in the courtyard of the Institut national des Jeunes Aveugles, so that their names would not be forgotten.

These previously unavailable testimonies were gathered in 1946 by Charles Gavin, himself blinded in the First World War and a resistance member during the Second. The texts recount the actions of each individual, and the illustrations that accompany them are the work of the witnesses themselves. The book is the living and unalterable memory of those who, despite being visually impaired, had the courage to say "No".

Do not miss this immense page of History.

With 50 illustrations produced by eyewitnesses.

 

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Author 1
Charles Davin
Publication date
October 2024
Pages
158
Illustrations
50 illustrations made by eyewitnesses
Cover
Paperback
Format
14.0 cm × 21.0 cm
Language
French
Publisher
Editions de l'Histoire

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