Le parti communiste français à l'épreuve des années noires - article ; n°1 ; vol.2, pg 77-82

Jean-Pierre Azéma

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Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1984 - Volume 2 - Numéro 1 - Pages 77-82
The French Communist Party during the ordeal of the dark years, Jean-Pierre Azéma.
Recent French publications and yet unpublished communications to a colloquium held in Paris in October 1983 indicate the progress in research on a particularly difflcult and still very contentious period in the history of the French Communist Party : that which started after Munich (1938) and ended with the laun-ching of the National Front (1941). The Party's geography and membership are better known. When it was hit by the war, the Party was losing momentum, but in the autumn of 1941, with 10 to 12,000 devoted militants, it was still the main organized force. The value of its cadres and the strength of its social roots can be perceived better. But divergent interpretations of its strategic line (whether dictated by the Komintern, or continually responsive to the theme of national independence) do not yet make it possible to give a clear answers to the central questions : when, why and how did the French Communist Party join the Resistance ?
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié le: 01 janvier 1984
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• Langue: Français

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Jean-Pierre Azéma

Le parti communiste français à l'épreuve des années noires

In: Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. N°2, avril 1984. pp. 77-82.

Abstract

The French Communist Party during the ordeal of the dark years, Jean-Pierre Azéma.

Recent French publications and yet unpublished communications to a colloquium held in Paris in October 1983 indicate the

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membership are better known. When it was hit by the war, the Party was losing momentum, but in the autumn of 1941, with 10 to

12,000 devoted militants, it was still the main organized force. The value of its cadres and the strength of its social roots can be

perceived better. But divergent interpretations of its strategic line (whether dictated by the Komintern, or continually responsive to

the theme of national independence) do not yet make it possible to give a clear answers to the central questions : when, why and

how did the French Communist Party join the Resistance ?

Citer ce document / Cite this document :

Azéma Jean-Pierre. Le parti communiste français à l'épreuve des années noires. In: Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire. N°2,

avril 1984. pp. 77-82.

doi : 10.3406/xxs.1984.1671

http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/xxs_0294-1759_1984_num_2_1_1671