Service Archives Documentation du Groupe SNCF (SARDO)

SARDO holds a rich historical and heritage collection on the history of railways in France. It publishes documents online, including those from the 1939-1945 period, in accordance with the legal time limits governing the communicability of public archives.

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Rails & histoire, Association pour l’histoire des chemins de fer

French organisation dedicated to the history of railways. It brings together rail professionals, researchers in the humanities and social sciences, historians, and railway enthusiasts. 

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Fondation pour la mémoire de la Shoah

French institution recognised as being of public benefit, which provides financial support for projects relating to history, research, education, memory and solidarity with survivors.

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Mémorial de la Shoah

Museum and documentation centre located in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, founded in 1943 under the name Centre de documentation Juive Contemporaine. Located on the site of the former Vélodrome d’Hiver, it is dedicated to the memory of the Jews deported from France during the Second World War.

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Fondation de la Résistance

Organisation that works for the memory and history of the Resistance during the Second World War.

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Fondation pour la mémoire de la Déportation

French foundation recognised as being of public benefit, placed under the high patronage of the President of the Republic. Its mission is to defend and promote the values of peace, freedom, human dignity and human rights, while ensuring the preservation of archives, historical sites, memorials and sites of memory linked to deportation. 

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Musée de la Libération de Paris – Musée du Général Leclerc – Musée Jean Moulin

Museum presenting the history of the internal Resistance, the Free French Forces, and the context of the Second World War, with rich collections including weapons, photographs, posters, testimonies and objects related to the Liberation of Paris.

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Musée de la Résistance nationale

Museum presenting a broad overview of the history of the French Resistance through a collection of several thousand items, including objects, a significant photographic archive, and records 

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