In July 1987, the "Butcher of Lyon" was sentenced to life in prison by a French court. Four years earlier, the BBC reported ...

Madeleine Riffaud, who fought for Paris with French Resistance, dies at 100 Ms. Riffaud was one of the last links to the celebrated ranks of French women who joined the Resistance during World War II.

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Aided by her blond hair, blue eyes and fluency in German, she crossed enemy lines to spy on Germany for the French. She later received the Legion of Honor.

" Julien Blanc, a historian of the Nazi Occupation and French Resistance, says the photographs are different from the propaganda shots taken by Nazi-authorized photographers.

The Martinez hotel’s rich history involving its starring role in the French Resistance during World War II is the subject of the new book, “The Hotel Martinez.” Corbis via Getty Images ...

Lynne Olson documents how, within the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp, the women of the French Resistance continued to ...

The Berlin Government is backing passive resistance with all its resources, and the coal masters are urging the miners to limit the output to the needs of local consumption. German ...

By 1944, the number of available No. 4s was sufficient enough that small quantities of them were able to be dropped to arm resistance groups fighting German forces in France.

Ms. Riffaud was one of the last links to the celebrated ranks of French women who joined the Resistance during World War II.

When she was asked to spy for the French army, Marthe Cohn recalled decades later, she didn’t hesitate before saying yes.

As part of the Resistance, Madeleine Riffaud collected guns, organized sabotage missions, recruited fighters and once shot and killed a German officer ...