PARIS — When France hosts grandiose ceremonies commemorating D-Day, the heroic role of Missak Manouchian and other foreigners among French Resistance fighters in World War II is often overlooked.

Join the Program in Judaic Studies and the Center for Collaborative History to hear Renée Poznanski discuss her book, recently published in an English translation, Propaganda and Persecution: The ...

Yvette Lundy, a heroine of the French Resistance during World War II, died Sunday at the age of 103. Lundy joined the Resistance at the beginning of the Nazi occupation of France and survived spells ...

French President Emmanuel Macron waits for Angola's President João Lourenco, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) PARIS (AP) — France's President ...

Learn about the real history of World on Fire Episode 2, from women’s often overshadowed contributions both in the French Resistance and Britain’s Auxiliary Territorial Service to which troops joined ...

Renee Guette, a WWII concentration camp survivor, talks online with Andree Dupont, an old friend from the French resistance who was imprisoned with her - Copyright ...

France surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 for complex reasons. The proximate cause, of course, was the success of the German invasion, which left metropolitan France at the mercy of Nazi armies. But the ...

Each May, Hollywood glitterati descend upon Cannes for its annual Film Festival, which features — along with actors, directors and models — the Hotel Martinez at the center of the opulent affair. Film ...