12-13-2011, 12:26 AM
Lapa Wrote:Paul,
I brought up the topic of Soviets fighting in French partisan units a few years ago: 1st Soviet regiment of partisans in France
Marc
Paul, Marc,
I found some scattered pieces (in French) about this "régiment soviétique" of the FTP (Francs tireurs et partisans). The FTP was created by the Communist Party. In the FTP, there was a section for "foreigners" called FTP-MOI (main-d’œuvre immigrée= foreign labor) active in Paris and in the south of France (Francs-tireurs et partisans - Main-d'œuvre immigrée - Wikipédia)
1) in Cyril Le Talle, La communauté arménienne de France: 1920-1950, L'harmattan, 2003. About the "Premier régiment des partisans soviétiques en France" see:
(link to google book : La communauté arménienne de France ... - Cyril Le Tallec - Google Livres) see p. 182ss. It is said in particular that the regiment was awarded on May 1, 45 of the "Croix de Guerre".
2) Also about Armenians in the FTP-MOI (Missak Manouchian - Ces Arm�niens qui ont dit non) with picture of the "parade" of the troups in the city of Nîmes in 1944 or 45. And something about Missak Manouchian who was one of the leader of the FTP-MOI and who was executed in 44.
3) Boris Holban (rumanian) who was also one of the leader of the FTP-MOI has published his memoirs : Le Testament, Calmann-Lévy, 1994 ISBN 978-2702117781
Patrick
