Forces Francaises de l’interieur

  • French Forces of the Interior
  • FFI
Identifier
391
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

Forces Francaises de l’interieur was an noncommunist French resistance movement, based in France, and loyal to General Charles de Gaulle. Inside France, they engaged in sabotage, espionage, and hit and run tactics against German and Vichy collaborationist forces. Their intelligence reports were especially important prior to the invasion of Normandy. Unlike partisans in the East, they were not anti-Semitic and accepted Jewish members.

Places

  • Founded and active in France.

Sources

  • Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 95