The Second World War: The Resistance

Every name on this list links to the Spartacus Encyclopedia (UK). The encyclopedia entries will help you find out more about specific people who can to cross-referenced in the Holocaust search engine located in the library blog at www.vlcspear.blogspot.com.

The Resistance
Mordechai Anielewicz / Jean-Pierre Lévy
Lucie Aubrac / Adolf Liebeskind
Raymond Aubrac / Rosemary Maeght
Emmanuel d'Astier / Kim Malthe-Bruun
Georges Bidault / Francois Mauriac
Marc Bloc / André Marty
Pierre Brossolette / Daniel Mayer
Masha Bruskina / Gole Mire
Albert Camus / Francois Mitterrand
Marie Louise Dissard / Jean Moulin
Justyna Draenger / Emmanuel Mounier
Shimshon Draenger / Leopold Okulicki
Jacques Duclos / Jean Paulhan
Marguerite Duras / Witold Pilecki
Charles Delestraint / Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Andre Dewavrin / Rozo Robota
Pierre Fabien / Jules-Gerard Saliege
Marie Fourcade / Jean-Paul Sartre
Henry Frenay / Hannah Senesh
Edward Gierek / Wladyslaw Sikorski
Wladyslaw Gomulka / Genevieve Soulié
Haika Grosman / Ludvik Svoboda
Mendel Grossman / Drue Tartié
George Groussard / Charles Tillon
Denise Jacob / Germaine Tillion
Gustav Husak / Maurice Thorez
Wojciech Jaruzelski / Helene Viannay
Andrée de Jongh / Pierre Villon
Josef Kaplan / Rudolf Vrba
Tadeusz Komorowski / Simone Weil
Janos Kadar / Yitzhak Zuckerman
Resistance Organizations
Armée Secrete / French Socialist Party
Comité d'Action Socialiste / Front National
Conseil de la Resistance / French Resistance
Combat / Liberation
Czech Resistance / Maquis
Francs-Tireur / Musée de L'Homme
French Communist Party / Polish Home Army
The White Rose / Operational Valkyrie
The Red Orchestra / Edelweiss Pirates
Holger Danske / Bielski Brothers (Partisans)

After choosing the subject of your research, here is the best way to get full and complete information on your person or resistance movement.

1.  GOTO http://vlcspear.blogspot.com/. Find the box that looks like this

Type in your name or keywords then click on search.

The system will search World War II academic and educational websites for information including ….

·  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

·  Simon Wiesenthal Center, Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles

·  European Resistance Archive

·  USC Shoah Foundation Institute

·  Oxford University Journals

The results will be shown on the next screen. Just click on the links the same way you would if you were using a search engine like Yahoo, Bing or Google.

More information is also available

Online Articles

1.  Bracher, Nathan. "Remembering The French Resistance." History & Memory 19.1 (2007): 39-67. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=24626713&site=ehost-live

2.  Humbert, Brigitte E. "Lucie Aubrac: A Resistance Heroine From Page To Screen." Literature Film Quarterly 40.2 (2012): 109-126. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=75361655&site=ehost-live

3.  Vinde, Victor. "The Spirit Of Resistance." Foreign Affairs 21.1 (1942): 59-70. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14779302&site=ehost-live

4.  Poznanski, Renee. "Reflections On Jewish Resistants In France." Jewish Social Studies 2.1 (1995): 124-158. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9512136112&site=ehost-live

5.  WILKINSON, STEPHAN. "How Resistant?." Military History 27.6 (2011): 42-49. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=57070820&site=ehost-live

6.  Curtis, Michael. "Charles De Gaulle And Raymond Aron." Society 41.4 (2004): 13-23. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=13171492&site=ehost-live

7.  Douglas, Tom. "Behind Enemy Lines." Beaver 89.5 (2009): 28-33. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=45020792&site=ehost-live

8.  Von Uthmann, Jörg. "French Resistance." Opera News 68.11 (2004): 46-48. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=12884417&site=ehost-live

9.  Steve Zwick, et al. "THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. (Cover Story)." Time Europe 161.8 (2003): 22. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9432958&site=ehost-live

10.  Freeman, Jay. "My Stripes Were Earned In Hell: A French Resistance Fighter's Memoir Of Survival In A Nazi Prison Camp." Booklist 108.14 (2012): 15. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=73932812&site=ehost-live

11.  O'Meara, Thomas F. "A French Resistance Hero." America 176.18 (1997): 12-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9707191102&site=ehost-live

12.  Estep, Tora. "Decoding Secret Meeting Secrets Of The French Resistance." T+D 59.5 (2005): 92-93. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16961250&site=ehost-live

13.  Diamond, Hanna, and Claire Gorrara. "The Aubrac Controversy." History Today 51.3 (2001): 26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=4131334&site=ehost-live

14.  Jones, Charles A. "Soon After D-Day, Two French Towns Experienced Firsthand.." World War II 12.1 (1997): 16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9703143354&site=ehost-live

15.  Stefanidis, Ioannis D. "The Fourth Arm." History Today 62.9 (2012): 28-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=79850629&site=ehost-live

16.  Jackson, Julian. "Chapter 18: De Gaulle And The Resistance 1942." France: The Dark Years (1940-1944). 427-446. US: Julian Jackson, 2003. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=23175026&site=hrc-live

17.  MARTIN, SEAN. "The Minsk Ghetto, 1941-1943: Jewish Resistance And Soviet Internationalism." Journal Of World History 22.1 (2011): 207-209. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=59218625&site=hrc-live

18.  Jackson, Julian. "Chapter 20: Resistance In Society." France: The Dark Years (1940-1944). 475-505. US: Julian Jackson, 2003. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=23175028&site=hrc-live

19.  Welton, Ann. "Beyond Courage: The Untold Story Of Jewish Resistance During The Holocaust." School Library Journal 58.8 (2012): 115. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=78360299&site=hrc-live

20.  Fordham University, Press. "Resistance." Yellow Star (2005): 203-226. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=23181689&site=hrc-live

21.  Jackson, Julian. "Chapter 17: The Resistance 1940-1942." France: The Dark Years (1940-1944). 402-426. US: Julian Jackson, 2003. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=23175025&site=hrc-live

22.  Evans, Martin. "French Resistance And The Algerian War." History Today 41.7 (1991): 43-49. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9109020732&site=hrc-live

23.  Kedward, H. R. "Chapter 1: Resistance And Refuge, 1942." In Search of the Maquis (1942-1944). 1-18. US: H.R. Kedward, 1995. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=23175112&site=hrc-live

24.  Henderson, Simon. "The White Rose And The Definition Of 'Resistance'." History Review 53 (2005): 42-47. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=18974274&site=hrc-live

25.  McDevitt, Bette. "A Teenage Resistance Heroine." World War II 18.4 (2003): 24-32. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=10814974&site=hrc-live

26.  Thomsen, Paul A. "Pope Pius XII Was Active In Guiding The Catholic Church's Resistance To The Axis." World War II 16.2 (2001): 26. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=4517582&site=hrc-live

27.  Hellman, John. "Wounding Memories: Mitterand, Moulin, Touvier And The Divine Half-Lie Of Resistance." French Historical Studies 19.2 (1995): 461-486. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=9511202950&site=hrc-live

28.  Thomas, Dwain. "Heroes Of The Holocaust: Tales Of Resistance And Survival." School Library Journal 54.11 (2008): 67. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=35230828&site=hrc-live

29.  Thomas, Dwain. "Making Choices: The Dutch Resistance During World War II." School Library Journal 52.5 (2006): 73. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=20842580&site=hrc-live

30.  Weider History, Group. "French Resistance Fighter And Famous Mime Drew Inspiration From World War II." World War II 22.9 (2008): 17. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=27887098&site=hrc-live

31.  Bell, Ellen. "Résistance: A Woman's Journal Of Struggle And Defiance In Occupied France." School Library Journal 55.3 (2009): 178. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=36856033&site=hrc-live

32.  Santoro, Gene. "Between Collaboration And Resistance." World War II 24.2 (2009): 71-72. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=40399870&site=hrc-live

33.  BRABER, BEN. "Jewish Resistance In Wartime Greece. By Steven Bowman." History 92.307 (2007): 425. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=25395040&site=hrc-live

34.  Black, Jeremy. "Genocide And Resistance In Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans And The Chetniks 1941–1943. By M. A. Hoare." History 92.308 (2007): 599. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=26976328&site=hrc-live

35.  Media Source, Inc., and Inc. Media Source. "Making Choices: The Dutch Resistance During World War II." School Library Journal 52.(2006): 64. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=22742821&site=hrc-live

36.  Media Source, Inc., and Inc. Media Source. "The Reckoning: Remembering The Dutch Resistance." School Library Journal 54.(2008): 59. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=31597094&site=hrc-live

37.  Weber, Ann. "The Reckoning: Remembering The Dutch Resistance." School Library Journal 53.10 (2007): 72. History Reference Center. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=khh&AN=27076544&site=hrc-live

Websites

General

1.  Jewish Armed Resistance and Rebellions on the Yad Vashem website

2.  Home of the British Resistance Movement

3.  European Resistance Archive

4.  Interviews from the Underground Eyewitness accounts of Russia's Jewish resistance during World War II; website & documentary film.

Dutch Resistance

1.  The Dutch Resistance and the OSS - The little known story of the Melanie Mission and the resistance during Market-Garden.

2.  The Dutch Underground and the Stoottroepers - Information on people in the resistance during the Second World War (WWII).

3.  CIA paper on the Dutch resistance and the OSS

4.  Homepage of the Dutch Resistance Museum in Amsterdam

5.  Dutch Resistance Museum – history and practical information.

6.  Discussion of the Netherlands under Nazi occupation

7.  On war atrocities in Holland, some in revenge for resistance activities

8.  "A true story of a Scout in times of War, by Piet J Kroonenberg"

9.  Jan de Hartog's speech given at Weber State College – his personal account of his participation in non-violent Dutch Resistance as an author.

French Resistance

1.  Encarta Encyclopedia – History of France – The Resistance (Archived 2009-10-31)

2.  History Learning Site – The French Resistance

3.  Spartacus Educational – The French Resistance

4.  Geocities.com – Jean Moulin and the French Resistance

5.  SOE Agents in France – Secret agents sent to work with the French Resistance

6.  Northwest Historical Association – Building the French Resistance Movement, 1940–1944

7.  Order of the Liberation – Chronology 1940–1945

8.  Special Forces Roll of Honour – French Secret Agents

9.  European Resistance Archive – Video Interviews with Resistance Members

10.  Pierre Albert – The Journalism of the French Resistance

11.  Rebecca Halbreich, The San Francisco State University – Women in the French Resistance

German Resistance

1.  The Valkyrie Conspiracy, the military resistance to Hitler culminating in the coup attempt of July 20, 1944.

2.  Official website of the acclaimed documentary of the resistance, The Restless Conscience, by Hava Kohav Beller

3.  German Resistance In The Third Reich—A Survivors Story Website documenting Arnold Hencke's resistance to the NAZI party and his subsequent imprisonment at Fuhlsbüttel concentration camp, by Greg McClelland.

4.  Sophie Scholl — The Final Days film website (in English)

5.  The Geschwister-Scholl-Institut

6.  European Resistance Archive (ERA) | video interviews with members of the resistance

7.  Testimony of Gisevius in the Nuremberg Trial

8.  John Dombrowski "The Greatest War Crime" (The US and UK leaders and the German Resistance)

Polish Resistance

1.  Polish contribution to World War II (Polish Underground State) Movie Youtube

2.  Armia Krajowa

3.  Armia Krajowa

4.  Die "Stunde W"

5.  Narodowe Siły Zbrojne

6.  POLAND: HERE IS THE RECORD

7.  Polish Resistance in World War II

8.  Tadeusz WICHROWSKI - "Wicher"

9.  Warsaw Uprising 1944

10.  History of Warsaw's contributions levied by the German Occupation Authority