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The Pioneers of the Vercors, from yesterday to today

L’idée d’une association avait germé en pleine clandestinité. Dès l’origine, c’est le terme d’amicale qui fut choisi. Ainsi est née l’Amicale des Pionniers du Vercors (la présentation des origines de l’association par Jean-William Dereymez). En 1952, elle est reconnue d’utilité publique. A l’automne 1944, alors que la guerre se poursuit, l’amicale se fixe comme l’un (…) Lire la suite

The association’s newsletters

The first bulletin of the National Association of Pioneers and Volunteer Combatants of the Vercors was published in 1945.The digitised collection of these bulletins can be found here, a collection that will be regularly completed. Each issue can be downloaded and its content is the subject of an inventory drawn up by Jean Jullien, which (…) Lire la suite

The resistant Vercors

Introductory historical framework The Vercors maquis (late 1942 – May 1944) During the French Campaign (May-June 1940), the Vercors massif remained in the background of the fighting, even the Battle of the Alps which took place at its feet (Cluse de Voreppe). The inhabitants tried to acclimatise to the changes imposed by the French state, (…) Lire la suite

The context of resistance

Spaces, times, actors Spaces: All these maquis are based on more or less mountainous refuge areas (the Cévennes, the Morbihan, the Morvan, the Glières, the Vercors), or even bocage areas (the Surcouf maquis in Normandy). The originality of the Vercors lies in its strategic geographical position in view of the vital German road and rail (…) Lire la suite

The press is talking about it

Le Dauphiné libéré, 27 août 2020. Une biographie de Léa Blain. Le Dauphiné libéré, 23 août 2020. Les cérémonies commémoratives de la libération de Grenoble. Le Dauphiné libéré, 17 août 2020. L’exposition “Femmes des années 40”. Le Dauphiné libéré, 15 août 2020. Le site de Valchevrière et son histoire. Le Dauphiné libéré, 4 août 2020. (…) Lire la suite

History and memory

The remains of FFI Sergeant Raymond Anne, known as Filochard (1922-1944) from Camp C9 in the Vercors, killed at Vassieux-en-Vercors on 21 July 1944, are deposited in vault no. 3 of the crypt of Mont-Valérien. Raymond Anne was chosen to represent the fighting Resistance. The monument was erected in memory of the dead of the (…) Lire la suite

Events

Documents and analyses

Le maquis de Malleval À la fin de l’année 1943, deux maquis coexistent dans les hameaux qui ceinturent le village de Malleval. Un camp FTP, sous la direction de Raymond Perinetti, responsable régional, accueille des membres du FN et du PCF « grillés », notamment des cadres, des internés politiques, à La Lia, hameau des Belles. Un (…) Lire la suite

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Shared values

Since its creation in 1944, the values shared by the members of the association have been based on a triptych: to honour, to show solidarity and to transmit. To honour. Steles and plaques, topped by the chamois, the emblem of the FFI of the Vercors, were gradually distributed throughout the massif. To bury the bodies (…) Lire la suite