Libération-sud

*Libération-Sud*
	Emmanuel d'Astier, Raymond Aubrac
Key people	Jean Cavaillès, Pierre Kaan, Lucie Aubrac

Libération-sud (French for "Liberation-South") was a resistance group active between 1940-1944 and created in the Free Zone of France during the Second World War in order to fight against the Nazi occupation through coordinated sabotage and propaganda operations.

Origins

Libération-Sud was established in a brothel of

Emmanuel d'Astier, Pierre Kaan, Jean Cavaillès, Lucie Aubrac and Raymond Aubrac. The first important Resistant group to emerge after the German occupation, it began publishing Libération in July 1941. With the support of Daniel Mayer and the clandestine French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO, socialist party), the Libération-sud group grew rapidly.^[1]

Relationship with other Resistance Movements

In 1942 Emmanuel d'Astier entered talks with

Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR, National Council of Resistance). This included D'Astier's Libération-Sud as well as Combat (Henri Frenay), Franc-Tireur (Jean-Pierre Lévy), National Front (Pierre Villon), Comité d'Action Socialiste (Pierre Brossolette) and the Armée secrète (Charles Delestraint

).

Positioning

Libération-Sud attempted to oversee and coordinate all resistance activities in the southern zones of France that were unoccupied by Nazi troops. The group positioned itself as a movement "of the left, with a strong worker presence, socialist, masonic and Christian [2]

Libération Newspaper

The first published edition of Libération, dated July 1941, resulted in the distribution of over 10,000 copies. In autumn 1942, Jules Meurillon was named in charge of the propaganda and distribution service of the organization and successfully increased the annual circulation of Libération to over 200,000 copies by August 1944.^[1]^[3]

The paper published by Libération-Sud is the same paper that Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July re-founded in 1973.^[4]

Members

Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
Jean-Annett d'Astier de La Vigerie
Lucie Aubrac
Raymond Aubrac
Anne-Marie Bauer
Robert Bine
Emile Borel
Jacques Brunschwig-Bordier
Georges Canguilhem
Jean Cavailles
Roger Cerclier
Auguste Chambonnet
Jacques Chapou
Pascal Copeau
Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Albert Curvale
Yvonne Lucienne Curvale
Maurice Cuvillon
Michel Dumnesnil de Gramont
Julien Forgues
Albert Fossey-François
Jules Fourrier
Jean Gagnant
Marguerite Gonnet
Annie Herve
Pierre Hervé
Robert Jallet
Pierre Kaan
Robert Kahn
Pierre Kahn-Farelle
Albert Kohan
Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont
Victor Leduc (= Valdemar Nechtschein)
Philippe Malrieu
Louis Martin-Chauffier
Gilbert May
Robert Monestier
Andre Philip
Marcel Poimboeuf
Serge Ravanel
Jacques Renard
Maurice Rousselier
Abel Sarramiac
Pierre Stibbe
Francois Verdier
Jean-Pierre Vernant
Pierre Vienot
Alban Vistel
Marius Vivier-Merle
Jean Worms-Germinal
Georges Zerapha

References

^ ^a ^b Girac-Marinier, Carine; Nimmo, Claude; Pelpel-Moulian, Julie, eds. (2005). "Libération-Sud". Archive Larousse : Dictionnaire de l'Histoire de France. Larousse. 709. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
^ [1] Archive Larousse: Dictionnaire de l'Histoire de France, Libération-Sud
^ [2] Le Figaro, 'French Resistance Fighter, 97, Dies'
^ [3] expatica.com 'Sartre's Partner to be Forced From Liberation'

[Larousse-2005-1] Girac-Marinier, Carine; Nimmo, Claude; Pelpel-Moulian, Julie, eds. (2005). "Libération-Sud". Archive Larousse : Dictionnaire de l'Histoire de France. Larousse. 709. Retrieved 21 June 2010.

[2] [1] Archive Larousse: Dictionnaire de l'Histoire de France, Libération-Sud

[3] [2] Le Figaro, 'French Resistance Fighter, 97, Dies'

[4] [3] expatica.com 'Sartre's Partner to be Forced From Liberation'

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