French Resistance
Archive of articles on the role of ordinary working people to resist the Nazi occupation of France.
Czakon, Paul (1896-1952) aka Max aka Maximo Mas
A short biography of Paul Czakon, anarchist active in Upper Silesia who fought in Spain.
Paul Czakon was born on 14th July 1897 in Neider-Heiduk. He worked as a miner and fitter. Czakon was chairman of the FAUD in Beuthen (now Bytom) in Upper Silesia from 1921 and in 1930 he was one of the founders of the the Schwarzen Scharen (Black Crowds) in the region. In a house search in May 1932 the police discovered the weapons and explosives cache of the group.
1914-1946: Third Camp Internationalists in France during World War II
Echanges et Mouvement describe the activities of internationalist groups during World War II.
The following pages describe succinctly the activities of the "Third Camp" internationalist nuclei in France during World War II. We do not know of any comprehensive study of this subject.
Casildo Arteaga , Pantaleon, 1912-2006
A short biography of anarchist, Spanish Civil War and French Resistance fighter Pantaleon Casildo Arteaga.
Pantaleon Casildo Arteaga discovered anarchist ideas at 18 and joined the anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT . At the beginning of the Francoist rising which sparked the Civil War, at the age of 24, he joined the Ascaso Column of the CNT-FAI (the FAI was the Iberian Anarchist Federation, linked to the CNT) and fought on the Aragon front.
Casanova, Antonio, 1898-1966
A short biography of anarchist and baker Antonio Casanova, who fought in the Spanish Civil War and French Resistance before returning to Argentina.
Antonio Casanova was born at Betanzas in the Coruna province of Galicia in northern Spain on 7th June 1898.
1940-1945: The Zazous
An account of the French anti-Nazi cultural youth movement who opposed the Vichy regime in occupied France. Influenced by jazz and swing they met in basement clubs and scuffled with fascists on the streets.
French youth against the Nazis
1939-1945: Spanish Resistance in France
An account of the activity of Spanish anarchist and anti-fascist exiles in the Resistance in Nazi-occupied France. Tens of thousands were forced to flee Spain following fascist victory in the Civil War.
Forgotten Heroes
1943-1944: The CNT and the liberation of Paris
Information about the role that members of the Spanish anarchist trade union the CNT played in the liberation of Paris from Nazi occupation.
"ALGERIAN
SOUTH-EASTERN FRONT, NORTHERN GROUP, NUM, 93D/31,
M’DILLA,12TH APRIL, 1943.
Extract of order No. 38.
Colonel Delmay of Garenne, commanding the northern group
of the south-eastern Algerian front dictates:
1939-1945: Anarchist activity in France during World War II
Patchy historical information about the activity of some anarchists - revolutionary and pacifist - in France during World War II and under occupation.
Marzocchi, Umberto, 1900-1986
A short biography of Italian anarchist shipyard worker Umberto Marzocchi who fought Mussolini's fascists in Italy, Franco's in Spain and Hitler's in France.
Umberto Marzocchi
Born 10 October 1900 - Florence, Italy, died 4 June 1986 - Savona, Italy
Mastrodicasa, Leonida, 1888-1942
A short biography of Italian anarchist metal worker, Spanish Civil War and French Resistance fighter Leonida Mastrodicasa, who died in a Nazi concentration camp in 1942.
Leonida Mastrodicasa
Born 23 January 1888 - Ponte Felcino, Italy , died 20 March 1942 - Germany
Leonida Mastrodicasa was born at Ponte Felcino, near Perugia, on 23rd January 1888. Son of an anarchist, Iborio, he moved at 16 to Terni to take employment as a metal worker and became an anarchist himself. He founded an anarchist youth group in Ponte Felcino.
