French Wartime Newspapers

Ref: PE 7

Title: French Wartime Newspapers

Scope: A selection of newspapers issued in Paris towards the end of World War II

Dates: 1944-1945
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator: Miss Madeleine Blaess


Administrative / biographical history:

These publications, 17 single news-sheets issued under various imprints, recount the progress of the Allied armies in France over a three-week period from the struggle for the Liberation of Paris (August 25th 1944), together with a Victory issue celebrating the end of the War following the full German surrender (May 7th 1945).

They were presented to the Library by Miss Madeleine Blaess, after WWII Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Sheffield, who, as a British citizen studying at the Sorbonne, was by force of circumstances marooned in Paris during the Occupation.

  1. L'Aube: 1944 septembre 4
  2. Ce Soir: 1944 (i) août 24; (ii) septembre 2
  3. Combat: 1944 (i) août 23, (ii) 25
  4. Défence de la France: 1944 (i) août 23, (ii) 25, (iii) 27; (iv) septembre 1
  5. France Libre: 1944 (i) août 26; (ii) septembre 2/3, (iii) 7
  6. Franc-Tireur: 1944 août 28
  7. L'Humanité: 1944 août 24
  8. Libération: 1944 septembre 6
  9. Résistance: 1944 septembre 10
  10. Les Nouvelles du Matin: 1945 mai 8
  • Related collections: Fascism in Europe Collection; Madeleine Blaess Documents
  • Source: Donated 1992
  • System of arrangement: Alphabetical
  • Subjects: France - History - German occupation, 1940-1945
  • Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment
  • Restrictions: None
  • Copyright: Copyright legislation relating to published documents
  • Finding aids: Listed above