Nothing however predisposed us to heroism: resistance is part of our heredity. Resistance is first and foremost a state of mind followed by acts. Instead, I had in mind to rot the life of the occupier as much as it rotted us and the opportunities were not lacking. Answer: She was denounced, arrested, and deported in June She had access to official materials and forged official documents.
A: False identification papers, transit documents, and food ration cards for escaped prisoners of war, Jewish persons, shot down pilots, refugees in hiding, and French men who refused to work in Germany for the Nazis. A: She hid resistance fighters and those needing temporary refuge in her apartment.
She fought against the occupation by changing road and railway signs, defiling requisitioned food supplies, sabotaging vehicles, and destroying electrical lines. Long live De Gaulle! A: Maybe yes, up to that point three members of her family had been arrested and deported to death camps for resistance activities.
Q: Was she prepared in the days previous to her arrest when she was photographed smelling apple blossoms in an orchard? A: Yes, she was prepared to accept responsibility for her actions. In her summer-white linen dress and coiffured hair, she looks like she will be attending a picnic that afternoon. Q: Was she surprised that a man she knew denounced her as a member of the resistance? A: Denouncing individuals was a common way of making money and currying favor with the Nazi occupiers.
But his fate awaited him. The man was deported to Auschwitz where he died. A: On June 19, in Gionges, the small town where she taught and worked south of Epernay in the Champagne region.
