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Île de Sein
Île de Sein received the Cross of Liberation on 1 January 1946. In June 1940, virtually every man of fighting age chose to leave the island to join the Free French Forces in England.
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Vassieux en Vercors
The village of Vassieux-en-Vercors received the Cross of Liberation on 4 August 1945. Seventy-two of its inhabitants were slaughtered and all its houses burned down by a ruthless enemy.
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Research and documentation centre
The museum houses a research and documentation centre accessible by appointment. The reading room is open from Monday to Friday during the museum’s opening hours.
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Admission to the order
Now discontinued, the Order of Liberation was established by General de Gaulle on 16 November 1940. Presented to 1,038 women and men, the Cross of Liberation was awarded according to a well-defined procedure and criteria.
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The Law of 13 July 2018 relating to military planning propelled the Order of Liberation into the future by conferring on it a new global mission (while retaining its traditional missions): to develop the spirit of defence through the commitment of the Companions of the Liberation.
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Find out more about the companion men and women
1,038 individuals, five French communes and 18 combat units are Companions of the Liberation. Just over 700 Companions survived the war. 270 were acknowledged posthumously. 50 already-acknowledged Companions were killed in action or in the line of duty before the war ended.
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The cross of liberation
The insignia of the Order of Liberation is the Cross of Liberation. It was designed in early 1941 by Lieutenant of the Free French Forces Tony Mella and the model produced by the London branch of the jeweller Cartier according to some recommendations from General de Gaulle himself.
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Deportation
From 1933, terrorising, suppressing and “re-educating” German society were the stated objectives of the Nazi regime. In support of this totalitarian ideology, concentration camps became an essential cog in the workings of the Third Reich from the outset.
