During the Second World War, the SNCF was guided by a French state which advocated collaboration with the n@zis. But railway workers were essential to the Resistance. By spreading false information, blowing up railway tracks and organizing sabotage, they greatly hampered the Germans.
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It was also thanks to their strike of August 10, 1944 that they precipitated the popular insurrection which led to the Liberation of Paris.
However, they paid a heavy price for these actions, with several hundred victims in their ranks.
Documentary title: 39-45, railway workers in the resistance
Directed by Emmanuel Roblin
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28 сен 2024