Face à l'histoire : les Résistantes
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Face à l'histoire : les Résistantes

Often reduced to a handful of romantic clichés - that of a young messenger on a bicycle or a fighter posing with her machine gun slung over her shoulder - women have long remained invisible in the history of the French Resistance. And yet, in a defeated, humiliated country deprived in part of its male population, women were the first to react and initiate a spirit of resistance. Through five individual destinies, this collection highlights the crucial role played by women between 1940 and 1944.

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Ended

Original Name

Face à l'histoire : les Résistantes

First Air Date

April 13, 2025

Last Air Date

April 13, 2025

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

French

Networks

S01E04

Episode 4

While Geneviève de Gaulle was liberated from Ravensbrück in April 1945, Mila Racine suffered a tragic fate and died six weeks before the end of the war. At the Liberation, the return to normal life was not easy for the four survivors and the women of the Resistance. The gender order was re-established, and there was a crying lack of recognition for their work. Simonne Mathieu and Renée Davelly died anonymously. Lucie Aubrac and Geneviève de Gaulle are among the rare female icons who never cease to transmit the spirit of the Resistance.

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