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Feferman, Mordka, 114

Feld, Moijase, 114, 115

Feldgendarmerie, 93, 134

Feldkommandatur, 18

Feldman (member of Bataillons de la Jeunesse), 100

Fernandez, Rachel, 328–9

Ferre, Lucienne, 162, 196, 329

Ferry, Mitzy, 171, 321

Feuillet, Yvette, 329

Final Solution, 76, 185, 186, 226

First World War, 11, 14, 19, 29, 43, 58, 170, 194, 293

Flanner, Janet, 294, 306

Fleury, Emmanuel, 225

Fleury, Marie-Thérèse, 225, 226, 329

Floch, Rosa, 4, 24, 152, 153, 176, 217, 292, 329–30

Fort du Hâ, 134, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 164, 165, 308

Fournier, Hélène, 216, 230, 321

France

during German occupation, 1–175

questions asked about the women of
Convoi des 31000
in, 226–7

news reaches Ravensbrück about events in, 284

the surviving women return to, 286–93

survivors of deportations return to, 293–4

deals with collaborators, 294–8, 302

treatment of deportees, 303–5

re-evaluation of years of occupation, 305

post-war situation in, 305–6

life of women survivors after their return to, 307–17

Franco, Francisco, 20, 25, 26, 32

Franco-German Armistice, 14–15, 84 Commission, 16

Francs-Tireurs et Partisans (FTP), 64, 65, 67, 70, 77, 100, 103, 108, 126, 130

Free French, 15, 23, 24, 68, 91

Freemasons, 28, 41

Frenay, Henri, 293

French government, 14, 15

in exile, 293, 295

see also
Vichy

French police

in early days of German occupation, 18, 28

target communists, 27–8

and Jews, 54–5, 76

arrest Lucien Sampaix, 57

and repression of resistance, 1–4, 62, 68, 72–4, 96–101, 102–3, 104, 105, 110–11, 113, 116, 126–32, 134–6, 145–50

gradually drawn into web of collaboration, 71–4

formation of Brigades Spéciales, 72–3

and question of culpability, 294

some members brought to justice, 296–7

some avoid punishment, 297

Fresnes, 114–15

Fritsch, Karl, 186

frontaliers
, 84–5

Front National (National Front), 1, 55, 64, 65, 77, 136, 227

Front Populaire, 25, 40, 43–4, 45, 67, 87, 134, 142

Frontstalag 122
see
Romainville

FTP
see
Francs-Tireurs et Partisans

Fuglesang, Marcelle, 330

Fürstenberg, 243, 253

Gabb, Marie, 195, 330

Galeries Lafayette, Paris, 14, 49

Galesloot, Madeleine, 330

Gallois, Yvonne, 330

Gare de l’Est, Paris, 294

Gare Montparnasse, Paris, 2

Gascard, Suzanne, 330

gassing/gas chambers, 186–7, 188, 213, 219, 220, 226, 241, 262, 269, 270, 273, 280, 301, 305n

Gatet, Laure, 330

Gaulle, Charles de, 23, 24, 37, 66, 70, 91, 93, 108, 169, 295, 298, 303, 304, 305, 306

Gaulle, Geneviève de, 93, 252, 267

Gaullists, 61, 63, 70, 169, 171

Gautherot, Henri, 59

Gebhardt, Professor, 252–3

Geheime Feldpolizei, 134

General Commissariat for Jewish Questions, 75

Geneva, 313, 315

Georges, Raymonde,
159
, 330

German High Command, 15

Germans/Germany

occupation of France begins, 11–22

armistice with France, 14–15, 84

refugees, 19, 20

French resistance to
see
Resistance

action against early resisters, 25

round-up of communists, 28

response to demonstration of 8th November 1940, 35

growing tensions between the French and, 42

impact of invasion of Soviet Union, 55–6

response to demonstration of 13th August 1941, 59

reponse to attack at Barbès metro station, 60–1, 62–3

further armed attacks against, 68–9, 71, 82, 167

mass reprisals, 69–70, 81, 82, 108

factories in occupied zone work for, 80–1

and demarcation line, 84–5

rethink strategy of repression, 108–11

Nacht und Nebel
policy, 111, 167

deportations of Jews from France, 121–3

in Bordeaux region, 133–4

weapons depot in Jonzac, 137

and Romainville, 151

cross demarcation line and occupy whole of France, 168

deportation of first
Nacht und Nebel
prisoners, 172

decide to deport the women resisters in Romainville, 173

deportation of the women
see Convoi des 31000

camps run by
see
names of camps

detainees in Ravensbrück, 245

tried at war crimes tribunals, 298–302

Gestapo, 17, 28, 37, 42, 53, 70, 73, 89, 92, 109, 110, 111, 112, 116, 124, 125, 132, 134, 135, 158, 168, 170, 171, 174, 179, 227, 228, 230, 240

Jewish Affairs Department, 76

Gide, André, 32, 161

Gigand, Andrée, 200, 330

Gigand, Sophie, 200, 330

Gili, Armand, 251

Gili (
née
Pica) Yolande, 144, 149, 166, 177, 242, 251, 321–2

Girard, Germaine, 330

Girard, Renée, 331

Giret, Pierre-Louis, 145, 146, 147, 148, 150

Gironde, 133, 137, 142, 145, 146, 148, 176, 227, 297, 307

Godefroy, Olga, 177, 331

Goebbels, Joseph, 17, 78

Göring, Hermann, 19, 20, 110, 300

Gourmelon, Marcelle, 331

Goutayer, Cica, 331

Grancoign, Maurice, 29, 130

Grand Hotel, Paris, 13

Grand Palais, Paris, 13

Grandperret, Jeanne, 331

Grenier, Fernand, 227

Grenoble, 39

Grese, Irma, 224–5

Greuse, River, 86

Grindberg, Isidore, 112, 113, 115

Grünenberger, Georges, 175

Grünenberger, Isidore, 57, 60, 112, 114

Guéhenno, Jean, 33, 34, 112

Guérin, Claudine, 67, 71, 99, 104, 106, 107, 217–18, 251, 331

Guérin, Lucie, 67, 251

Guillon, Aminthe, 6, 137,
138
, 140, 147, 165, 166, 167, 200, 227, 286, 297, 331

Guillon, Jean, 137,
138
, 139, 147, 148, 165, 167

Guillon, Pierre, 148

Guillon, Prosper, 137, 139, 147, 165, 167

Guillon, Yvette, 137,
138
, 139, 147,
159
, 166, 167, 200, 286, 297, 331

Guyot, Jeanne, 331

gypsies, 188, 208, 241, 246, 265

Hagen, Herbert, 134, 145

Hamburg, 277, 307

Hardenberg, Adrienne, 312, 331

Hardenberg, Catherine, 312–13

Hardenberg, Yolande, 312

Hascoët, Hélène, 331–2

Hasse (SS guard), 206

Hautval, Adelaïde

biographical details, 322

protests against mistreatment of a Jewish family, 123

arrested and imprisoned, 123

in Pithiviers internment camp, 123–4

in Beaune-la-Rolande, 124–5

moved to prison in Orléans, 125

in Romainville, 161

on the train, 176, 177

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 194, 197, 211, 232–3, 234, 235–7

sent to Ravensbrück, 241

in Ravensbrück, 251, 255, 256–7, 262, 264, 268, 270, 271, 273, 278, 280, 282, 283, 284, 285

leaves Ravensbrück, 285

gives evidence against Dr Dering, 302

achieves recognition, 302–3

life after the war, 315, 322

brief reference, 301

Hebrard, Violette, 332

Hénoque, René, 72, 96, 297

Herbassier, Lucette, 332

Herschel, Janine, 191, 332

Hervé, Jeanne, 161–2, 196, 332

Heurtebise quarry, 137

Heydrich, Reinhard, 17, 31, 109, 110, 252–3, 273

Himmler, Heinrich, 17, 109, 184, 185, 186, 228, 234, 245, 262, 273, 279

Hitler, Adolf, 14, 16, 17, 18, 32, 45, 60, 62, 70, 76, 77, 109, 257, 273, 275, 279, 282

Hoess, Rudolf, 184–5, 186, 238, 240–1, 280, 301

Holtz, Lieutenant-Colonel, 68, 69, 81

hostages, 60, 63, 69, 81–2, 108, 116, 132, 151, 164–5

Hotel Crillon, Paris, 13, 16

Hotel Lutétia, Paris, 289–91, 292

Hotel Majestic, Paris, 16

Hôtel de Ville, Paris, 13

Houdart, Marguerite, 332

Humanité, L’
, 3, 27, 28, 29, 40, 45, 47, 54, 56, 57, 64, 108, 112, 130

Humbert, Jeanne, 332

Hungarian Jews, 241, 262

Ibárruri, Dolores (La Pasionaria), 123

ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)
see
Red Cross

IG Farben, 185, 186, 187, 220, 221

Ile d’Yeu, 298

Indre-et-Loire, 200

infirmaries
see Reviers
/infirmaries

Institut d’Etudes des Question Juivers, 18–19

intellectuals, 32–9, 63, 76–80, 119, 297–8
see also
names of individuals

International Brigades, 25, 52, 133, 145, 146

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
see
Red Cross

International Military Tribunals, 299–302

Issy-les-Moulineaux, 119

Italians

declare war on France, 15

refugees, 19

Ivry, 49, 50, 51, 129, 174

Jacquat, Anna, 332

Jaunay, Germaine, 311, 332

Jehovah’s Witnesses, 192, 245

Je Suis Partout
, 41, 68

Jeunesse Communiste, 38, 44, 49, 50, 52, 57, 80, 128

Jeunes Filles de France (JFdeF), 38, 44, 45, 46,
46
, 47, 48–9, 49–50, 52, 106

Jewish Affairs Department, 76

Jews

in occupied France, 17, 18–19, 28, 34, 39, 40, 41, 55, 59, 75–6, 85, 90, 91, 121–5, 127, 131, 140, 170, 303

deportations from France, 121–3, 124 and n, 169, 293, 296, 297, 305

in Auschwitz-Birkenau, 185, 186, 187–8, 192, 202, 207, 208, 211, 213, 216, 219, 234, 241