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under police surveillance as ‘Femme No.1 de Balard’, 2, 96

arrested, 3, 98

names of contacts discovered on, 99

in Paris Prefecture, 104

in La Santé, 105, 106–7

in Romainville, 152, 154–5, 157, 158, 160, 162, 166, 168, 172, 173

on the train, 175, 176

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 190, 200, 206, 211–12, 215, 216

death, 218, 326

named in bulletin put out by Front National in France, 227

posthumous recognition of, 304, 326

brief references, 57, 70, 102, 136, 230, 260, 286, 296, 299, 309, 310

Casanova, Laurent, 44, 49, 304

Castera, Hélène, 326

Cavé, Yvonne, 195, 326

Celan, Paul, 316

Chagrin et la pitié, Le
(film), 305

Chalôns-sur-Marne, 179

Chalon-sur-Saône, 196

Chamber of Deputies, 13

Champion, Camille, 326–7

Champs-Elysées, 11, 19, 35

Charente, 6, 42, 115, 133, 137, 139, 142, 145, 147, 148, 176, 297, 307

Charente-Maritime, 133, 139, 147, 176

Charua, Cécile

biographical details, 319

photographs of,
26, 313

life before the war, 26–7, 44

works for the Resistance, 28–9, 31, 34, 42, 49, 56, 61, 63, 79, 80, 83, 96

under police surveillance, 130–1

arrested, 131

questioned, 131, 132

in Romainville, 152, 154, 155, 158, 160, 163, 168

on the train, 175

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 191, 192, 196, 199, 203, 204–5, 210, 213

sent to Raisko, 221

letter sent by, 231

in Raisko, 238

sent to Ravensbrück, 240, 243

in Ravensbrück, 247, 249, 254, 261, 265

sent to Beendorf, 257–8

at Beendorf, 258, 259, 276

on the deaths of friends, 275

sent from Beendorf to Neuengamme, 276

at a camp near Hamburg, 277

in Sweden, 286

returns to France, 292

life after her return to France, 297, 308, 312, 313, 319

in Poupette’s memoir, 309

in old age, 5

brief references, 7, 45, 70, 296

Chateaubriand, 69–70

Château de la Chesnaye, 88

Chaux, Marie, 176, 196, 327

Chavaroc, Marguerite, 327

Cher, River, 84, 86, 87, 88

Cherbourg, 3, 99

Cherche-Midi prison, Paris, 53, 89

children, 122, 124, 125, 187–8, 205, 208, 219, 234, 241, 252–3, 258, 263, 265–6, 270, 271–2, 274
see also
babies

Churchill, Winston, 70, 91

Clauberg, Professor, 234, 255, 301

Clemenceau, 84

Cocteau, Jean, 33

Code of Hostages, 63

Cognac, 147, 148, 165

collaboration/collaborators, 40, 70, 71–4, 75–6, 78–9, 110, 121, 135, 294–8
see also
French police; Pétain, Marshal; Vichy

Collège de France, 35

Colombain, Marie-Louise, 320

Combat, 293

Combat
(magazine), 32

Comintern, 28

Comité Nationale des Écrivains (National Commitee of Writers), 77, 298

Commissariat aux Prisonniers et Déportés, 293

Communists, 25–32, 38, 44–54, 55–61, 62, 63, 69, 72, 81–2, 97, 99, 103, 134, 144, 150, 160, 295, 305–6
see also
Bataillons de la Jeunesse; Jeunes Filles de France; Jeunesse Communiste; PCF; names of individuals

Compagnons de la Libération
, 304

Compiègne, 14, 76, 164, 165, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 225

Consani, Goliardo, 131

Convoi des 31000, Le
on the train journey, 175–9

arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau, 183–4, 189–94

experience in the camps
see
names of camps

questions asked in France about, 226–7

return of the survivors, 285–93

see also
names of individuals

Convoi des 45000, Le
, 211, 216, 223, 228, 288

Copenhagen, 277–8

Corpo des Lettres, 34

Corringer, Marguerite, 320–1

Cossin, Renée, 327

Costentin, Suzanne, 195, 327

Coupet, Sylviane, 242, 340

Courtillat, Yvonne, 327

Couteau, Jeanne, 327

Créteil, 285

Croix de Feu, 41

Croix de Lorraine, 24, 34

Cumin, Mme, 31

Czech refugees, 19

Dachau, 45, 185

Daladier, Edouard, 20, 27

Dallidet, Arthur, 64, 74, 79, 97, 100–1, 104, 110, 118

Dam, Reyna van, 341

Dam, Théodora van, 341

Damous, Madeleine, 327

Dannecker, Theo, 18–19, 76

Darland, Joseph 295

Daubeuf, Henri, 79, 130, 152

Daubeuf (
née
Nenni), Viva
see
Nenni, Viva

David, Fernand, 72–3, 79, 96, 97, 98, 99, 103, 107, 110, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 170, 296–7

David, Simone, 327–8

Déat, Marcel, 41

Dechavassine, Madeleine, 130, 221, 222–3, 304, 321

Decock, Charlotte, 171, 224, 274, 328

Decour (Decourdemanche), Jacques, 36, 37, 56, 77, 79, 98, 102, 104, 110, 118, 119

Défense de France
, 83

Degesch, 186

Deiss, Raymond, 24 and n

Delarue, Inspector, 100

Delasalle, Alida, 321

Delbo, Charlotte

biographical details, 321

photographs of,
38, 156, 193, 313

early life and career, 37–9

works for Jouvet, 38–9, 76–7

attitude towards the Germans, 39

works for the Resistance, 37, 41, 42, 102

goes to Buenos Aires, 76

leaves Buenos Aires and returns to France, 101–2

helps Villon to escape, 102

arrested, 3, 103

in Paris Prefecture, 104

in La Santé, 105, 106, 117, 119

permitted to see her husband before his death, 117

husband is shot, 116

in Romainville, 152,
156
, 157, 158, 160, 162, 163, 167–8

on the train, 175

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 189, 190, 192,
193
, 194–5, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203–4, 205, 206, 208–9, 209–10, 213, 214–15, 215–16, 218, 220, 229, 242

sent to Raisko, 221

in Raisko, 223, 238–9

sent to Ravensbrück, 240, 243

in Ravensbrück, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 258, 261, 262, 265, 270, 273, 278, 279–80, 280–1

leaves Ravensbrück and arrives in Denmark, 281

returns to France, 286–7

writes about the camps, 4–5, 288, 315–16

life after the war, 4, 308, 309, 313, 314, 315, 321

death, 5

brief references, 62, 260, 290, 296

Delfieu, Maurice, 295

demarcation line, 15, 77, 84–6, 95, 101–2, 168

Deniau, Rachel, 328

Denmark, 281
see also
Copenhagen

deportations, 121–3, 124 and n, 167, 169, 172–3, 175–9, 293–4, 296, 297, 305

Deprez, Inspector, 2

Dering, Dr, 236, 302

Dissoubray, Madeleine

biographical details, 319

works for the Resistance, 67–8

arrested, 100

in La Santé, 105–6

in Romainville, 152, 158, 161, 167

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 194, 197, 198, 204, 212

leaves Ravensbrück for Mauthausen, 273

after return to France, 289, 319

in old age, 5

brief references, 7, 70, 195, 208

Dohse, Friedrich, 135

Doiret, Madeleine (Mado), 49–50, 80, 128–9, 152, 192, 240, 243, 249, 273, 274, 275, 277, 296,
313
, 316–17, 321

Doiret, Roger, 50, 277

Dönitz, Karl, 300

Dora camp, 312

Doridat, Aimée, 177, 215, 268, 273, 321

Doriot, Jacques, 41

Dorland, Lucien,
30
, 31, 101, 164, 166

Douillot, Charlotte, 328

Drancy, 76, 122, 123, 124, 127, 153, 171, 188, 202, 226

Drapon, Germaine, 321

Drechsler, Margot, 206–7, 209, 213, 235, 302

Drieu la Rochelle, 41, 298

Dubois, Marie, 196, 328

Ducros, Marie-Louise, 328

Dudach, Georges, 38, 62, 77, 79, 101–2, 103, 116, 117, 118, 281, 298, 308

Dunkirk, 11, 91

Dupeyron, Albert, 147, 165

Dupeyron, Elisabeth, 147, 150, 165, 166, 227, 328

Dupont, Marie-Jeanne, 116, 321

Dupuis, Charlotte, 328

Durand, Noémie, 328–9

École Normale Supérieure, Paris, 32, 34

École Polytechnique, Paris, 13

Editions de Minuit, Les, 77–8

Eichmann, Karl Adolf, 18

Eicke, Theodor, 185

Eiffes, Simone, 113, 329

Einsatzstab Rosenberg, 17

Elly (nurse at Auschwitz), 235

Éluard, Paul: ‘Courage’, 80

Emorine, Antoine, 98, 115

Emorine, Yvonne, 98, 115, 329

Epaud, Annette, 6, 141,
141
, 147, 148, 157,
159
, 166, 172,
178
, 178–9, 190, 206, 227, 292, 297, 311, 329

Epaud, Claude, 6, 141, 147, 148–9, 157, 166, 172, 178,
178
, 179, 190, 206, 292, 311

Epding, Dr, 22

Erna (head of
Revier
at Birkenau), 215

Esprit
, 32

Esther (block elder at Birkenau), 214–15

Ethis, Gabrielle, 329

eugenics and medical experiments, 233–7

Eure-et-Loire, 169

euthanasia programmes, 233

Evreux, 3, 99

executions, 60–1, 63, 69–70, 81–2, 108, 109, 112, 116, 117–20, 132, 135 and n, 164–6, 167

Faber du Faur, General Moritz von, 133–4

Fabien, 56, 57–8, 59–60, 81–2, 112, 114

Fabius, Odette, 248

Febvre, Lucien, 32

Féderation Nationale des Déportés et Internés Resistants et Patriotes, 304