David Diamant collection, 1942-1944.

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David Diamant collection, 1942-1944.

Clandestine serial issues, leaflets, flyers, and reports, issued by French resistance groups, the Parti Communiste Français, and various French Jewish and Jewish communist organizations, relating to conditions in France during World War II, especially prison conditions, conditions of Jews, and the French resistance movement.

1 ms. box.

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Diamant, David

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Parti communiste français

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The French Communist Party (PCF for short) emerged in 1921 out of the Section Français de l'Internationale Communiste. The two parties fought for support; the PCF supported the many governments of France, but did not participate directly in politics until after World War II. The group took an active role in Charles de Gaulle's government starting in 1944. The PCF was critical of the Indochinese War and the Algerian War in the 1940s and 1950s. They opposed many of the referendums during the start...