Wednesday, July 31, 2013

The Wartime Treachery of Harold Cole

1. Lille, capital of the French northern region
[Where Cole betrayed many who had befriended him]
2. A disguised Harold Cole (alias 'Paul')
["The treacherous double agent"]
(Cumbria County Archives) 
3. A second disguise of Harold Cole ('Paul')
("... a big talker and con man")
(Cumbria County Archives) 
4. François Duprez, a 'Pat' Line French Resistant
[One of the French patriots betrayed by Harold Cole]
(Musée de la Résistance de Bondues, France).



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Sunday, July 14, 2013

'Hedgehog' and "Noah's Ark" during WW2

1. I.D. card of  'Marie Suzanne Imbert' ("Hedgehog")
[true name Marie-Madeleine Fourcade]
2. Another appearance of "Hedgehog"
[true name Marie-Madeleine Fourcade]
3. "Hedgehog" of "Noah's Ark"
[Marie-Madeleine Fourcade]


4. Entrance to the central 'Courtyard of Sacrifice'
[The Bondues Fort, Bondues, Nord, France]
Photographs courtesy of: 
The Bondues Resistance Museum, 
Bondues, Nord, France.  
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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

The Post-war legacy of Martine Bernard

1. One of the 'Martine Bernard Centres', Lille
[44, rue du Pont Neuf, Lille, Nord, France]. 
2. The Rue Jacquemars Giélée, Lille.
3. The "Catho" (Catholic University of Lille). 
4. Wartime home of the Bernard family
[36, Jacquemars Giélée, Lille] 
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