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Andor showcases the power of music to oppose tyranny – an homage to the French Resistance

Warning: this article contains spoilers for Andor season two, up to episode nine.

The Conversation · May 14, 2025

WWII: In the footsteps of the African Resistance fighters who fell in the Battle of Vercors

Thousands of German soldiers moved in on southeastern France's Vercors Plateau in July 1944 in a bid to crush a regional uprising led by a rural French Resistance group. Over 100 Resistance fighters died in the bloody battles on the mountainside. Many of them were of African origin but who…

France 24 · Apr 17, 2024

France inducts Resistance hero Manouchian into Panthéon

French President Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony Wednesday honouring Missak Manouchian, a stateless poet of Armenian origin who died fighting the Nazi occupation during World War II. Manouchian’s induction in the Panthéon mausoleum in Paris alongside other French national heroes is seen as a tribute to all the foreign fighters…

France 24 · Feb 21, 2024

Camilla reveals she has bought ‘nice pieces’ from charity shops

The first Emmaus Community was founded in Paris in 1949 by Abbe Pierre, a Catholic priest, MP and former member of the French Resistance.

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

French electronic music pioneer Jarre shows no fatigue at 74

Genes — and a dash of humility — are the secrets of longevity for one of France’s biggest music stars, Jean-Michel Jarre, the septuagenarian electronic music pioneer who’s sold over 85 million records and is still going strong

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Watch And Ring Seized By Nazis From Resistance Fighter Who Died In A Camp Returned To His Family

Spaniard Josep Verges worked with the French Resistance and helped members cross the border between France and Spain.

Zenger · Jan 31, 2022