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 6, 1936 : the filmed aggression against Léon Blum, by Cédric Gruat

 10, Did the French CP want to take control in 1944 ? by Max Lagarrigue

 12, Savage and legal purge during the Liberation : vengeance or desire for justice of the Résistance ?

 14, Why did they shave women’s heads in 1944 ?

 16, In Memoriam Étienne Roda-Gil by Max Lagarrigue

 18, Remembering Manuel Azaña by Max Lagarrigue

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 20, Frescoes and graffiti of the Chanzy Barracks in Dordogne by Jean-Louis Audebert and Hervé Couton

 26, Women during the Purge in 1944 in Dordogne by Jack Tronel

 50, June 1944 : the hangings of Tulle by Gilbert Beaubatie

 60, Akheia’s round table Is the “Midi Rouge” (the red belt in Southern France) a reality ? And interview with Jean-Jacques Becker and Gilles Candar by Guillaume Bourgeois

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