Jean-Pierre Dupuy, born in Paris on 14 February 1925. An interesting collection of documents relating to his activities as a member of the Resistance, particularly in Franche-Comté. Photographs, drawings, letters and various documents kept in two red canvas-bound folders.
A member of the Communist Party from 30 September 1943, Jean-Pierre Dupuy served as a permanent representative of the P2 Resistance (United Youth Forces, provincial deputy in Marseille and then regional deputy until May 1944), before joining the Jura Maquis on 15 June 1944 under the pseudonym Jean-Pierre Japy, as a second lieutenant in the FFI (Jura Maquis, deputy to the Head of the 5th District, Lieutenant Poly, alias ‘Pigeon’); he served as a second lieutenant in the Lyon Regional Military Police, was subsequently demoted to cadet officer, and was finally demobilised as a corporal in the Infantry on 25 August 1945. Upon returning to civilian life, he became Chief Executive Officer of Dupuy-Compton Publicité in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
« Le Printemps 40 été le plus beau que la France connaîtra jamais. Dans mon dortoir du Lycée de Lons-le-Saunier [où il était élève en Math. Elem.], depuis plusieurs jours déjà, volets et fenêtres restent ouverts la nuit. Et, très tôt, un soleil merveilleux enveloppe les dormeurs. J’en profite pour lire, dans la solitude et la calme rumeur de la campagne. Ce 10 Mai vers 5 heures, le soleil est encore plus éblouissant, mais je sens dans l’air quelque chose d’inhabituel, de presque imperceptible, j’entends même un ou deux avions… A 6 heures, en étude : “les Allemands ont attaqué” ! Je n’oublierai jamais ce petit matin de 10 Mai, ni ce Printemps terrible. » (Neuilly, le 10 Mai 1980). [‘The spring of 1940 was the most beautiful summer France would ever know. In my dormitory at the Lycée de Lons-le-Saunier [where he was a pupil studying elementary mathematics], the shutters and windows had been left open at night for several days already. And, very early on, a marvellous sun bathed the sleepers in its warmth. I take the opportunity to read, in solitude and amidst the gentle murmur of the countryside. On 10 May, around 5 o’clock, the sun is even more dazzling, but I sense something unusual in the air, something almost imperceptible; I can even hear one or two aeroplanes… At 6 o’clock, during study hall: ‘The Germans have attacked’! I shall never forget that early morning of 10 May, nor that terrible spring.’ (Neuilly, 10 May 1980).]
Partially handwritten application for membership of the Amicale des M.U.R. 1 p. in-4°. Certificate confirming his membership of the Jeunes des M.U.R. from September 1943 to May 1944. Communist Party membership card. Year 1944, 5th Jura Company. Card no. 000800. Date of membership: 30 September 1943, occupation: student.
Original drawing of J. P. Dupuy by Georges Godard, Résistance dans le Var. Toulon, Novembre 1943.
A handwritten account of his actions and encounters from 1942 to 1943 (3 pp., in-4°). His service records from late 1940 to April 1945. June to October 1944: ‘Numerous skirmishes: in particular during the German attack on the Ain resistance groups in July, and the liberation of Dôle by the Lons-le-Saunier resistance group’.
Details of his activities from late 1940 to 1 October 1944. 1 handwritten page, in-4° format. Including: ‘6 June [44]. Maquis. 5th Jura district (Lt Pigeon). Maquis operations in Cuiseaux, Moirans, […] Lons-Dole (Americans!)’. A detailed account of his activities over 3 typewritten pages, quarto, covering 6 June 1944 to September 1944: “Participation in all operations of this [Jura] Maquis unit, at Cuiseaux, Moirans, Dompierre, the attack on Lons-le-Saunier, the attacks on St-Vit and Dole (the latter alongside the Americans).” F.F.I. mission orders signed by Pigeon. Lons-le-Saunier–Lyon and Lons-le-Saunier–Louhans–Chalons-sur-Saône, 9 September 1944, and Bourg–Paris, 21 September 1944.
10 original photographs of the Maquis (13 x 18 cm).
Correspondence and a statement by Dupuy confirming that Pierre Lacroix, known as ‘Pierrot’, from Dole, was an active member of the Beaufort Maquis, ‘both in its organisation and through his participation in its operations’, with details of a daring operation carried out with panache in Lons-le-Saunier involving a petrol train carrying supplies for their vehicle fleet.3 bons vierges émis par les « Mouvements Unis de Résistance du Jura ». Map of Lons-le-Saunier and the surrounding area, with the following note in pencil on the reverse: ‘Maquis map, summer 1944’ (no markings on the map itself). Map of Saint-Claude S.O. Stamp of the Army Geographical Services; Map of Saint-Claude, with ‘Bacaya’ marked in black ink. Badge of the F.F.I. La Libre Comté. Regional organ of the National Liberation Movement. No. 7. 15 August 1944. [Le Chant des Partisans]. Le Chant de la Libération. Lyrics and music by Anna Marly. Paris: Raoul Breton, undated [circa 1945]. 2 pp. in-4°. Blue-illustrated cover depicting the Statue of Liberty in a French village, by René Lefebvre (two tears, previously taped). Pamphlet intended for the Resistance, in five languages: explosives and weapons. How to recognise the United States Armed Forces (colour leaflet). Photograph of a woman and a group photograph.
Autograph card signed by Raoul Altiéri, a member of the Toulon special delegation, Toulon, 31 December 1944, addressed to Japy, concerning the production of Toesca and his activities in Toulon. With envelope.
Portraits of four executed resistance fighters, members of the F.U.J.P. Three were shot in Génas on 12 July 1944: Henri Debiez, Hugues Barange, Pierre Toesca (a philosophy graduate), and Jean Rogès, known as ‘Roger’, a liaison officer, who was shot in Chavillar d’Azergue,with 5 photos of the memorial marking the executions at Génas.
Photographs: three of a young girl taken in the Ain; Jean-Pierre Dupuy with Caminade (photograph taken in Marseille in 1943 whilst he was a member of the Resistance in the Var), with a second, enlarged print.
Jean-Pierre Dupuy’s identity card, 20 September 1943; French Forces of the Interior combatant’s card, no. 7554, Lyon, 26 October 1944; French Army F.F.I. identity card; membership card of the F.U.J.P. (Youth of the National Liberation Movement), 1944–1945; certificate from the Rhône Departmental Liberation Committee, 20 December 1944; certificate of membership of the French Forces of the Interior. Dijon, 27 February 1953. Stamped ‘Copy’. Song of the 3rd Provost Squadron, F.F.I. 1 p. in-4°. Songs of the Liberation. March of the Liberation and Glory to the Maquis. 1 p. in-4°, crease on the spine. Besa me mucho. Manuscript on one squared page, in-8°. Letter addressed to General De Gaulle, Lyon, 16 May 1945. 1 typewritten page, quarto, with autograph signature. Protest against the demotion of F.F.I. officers. Accompanied by a typewritten letter to Mr Hamon, Lyon, 17 May 1945. 2 pp., in-4°, on the same complaint. Notice of demotion with effect from 1 March 1945. Handwritten letter, probably about members of the Resistance. 3 pp. in-4°. Letter to Captain Poly, Paris, 1 August 1952. 1 p., in-4°, typewritten. Request for a certificate confirming his membership of the F.F.I. in the Jura. Certificate of membership signed by Romuald Vandelle, formerly Commander Louis, leader of the Jura Maquis. Algiers, 5 October 1952.
Articles of Association of the Association of Former Active Members of the F.U.J. 5 typed pages. In-4°. With the booklet ‘Forces Unies de la Jeunesse Patriotique’ (F.J.U.P.). Promotion of the ‘Young Combatants of Victory’. Lyon, Giraud-Rivoire, undated [circa 1942]. In-12 format, [8] pp. Documents concerning the Association of Resistance Fighters and Maquisards of the Canton of Beaufort. Application for a volunteer Resistance fighter’s card. Blank file from the Internal Resistance Accreditation Commission.
La Dépêche de Paris, 8 May 1945. Lyon Libre, 25 July 1945. Addresses of officers in town [in Lyon], [1945?]. 1 typewritten page, in-4°; with a meal voucher for 1 meal, M.L.N. canteen. 5 blank forms from the Regional Provost’s Office, Delle Company. Pay for the month of May 1945 (4,399 francs), leave, 6 July and 25 August 1945, summons to the General Provost’s Headquarters, 3 March 1945; certificate of active service, 5 July 1945; certificate of military status, 30 May 1945. Exemption from service, 31 May 1945; summons to Commander Faur’s office, Lyon, 1 June 1945; disciplinary action (8 days’ confinement for unauthorised absence), Lyon, 5 June 1945; demobilisation record, 25 August 1945. His passport, issued in 1936 and extended in 1939. Trip to Austria and Germany in 1938, bearing the 1943 tax stamp for bicycles. Includes four documents relating to a stay in Austria in 1946 and his Allied military pass, dated 31 August 1950 (trip to Austria). Handwritten application for demobilisation, addressed to Colonel Descours, Military Governor of Lyon, 24 July 1945. He wished to resume his law studies. Journal Officiel of 13 January 1946. Commemoration at Lanezia; menu for the banquet organised by the D.I.R.M. of the Beaufort district, 14 July 1946, with a photograph of the war memorial. Visit by the President of the Republic, Vincent Auriol, to Cuiseaux on 16 May 1948. 6 photographs. Programme of events for 16 June 1946 in Bayeux. 2 typed pages, quarto. M.L.N. leaflet and leaflet for prisoners of war.
[Philippe Pétain]. Aux Enfants de France. Lyon, Impression commerciale du Nouvelliste, no date [around 1940]. A 20-page in-12 booklet. Handwritten bookplate by Jean-Pierre Abecassis. Textes Officiels des Contrats d’Armistice franco-allemand et franco-italien. Paris, Imp. Studio, 1940. In-12. 16 pp. Inked account on the title page. [Hitler et le Nazisme]. Around 1945. 7Typewritten ff. in-4°. 2 photographic negatives, press articles on Hitler, Barbie, the Resistance and commemorations, an obituary, etc.). Various letters relating to his time in the Resistance, various commemorations and files on the subject (Ch. Verny, André Désir, head of the Lyon Museum of the Resistance and Deportation, who wishes to organise an exhibition; F.U.J., F. Martin, Messageries Lyonnaises de Presse, condolences…). Extract from the records serving as the service record and other records, Ministry of Defence, 21 July 1981.
The Besançon Museum of the Resistance and Deportation, of which he was an active member. File containing press cuttings and correspondence (Denise Lorach, François Marcot).
Accompanied by preparatory dossier for the exhibition« Tiens ta langue ! »[Hold your tongue!], April–July 1940, compiled by R. L. Dupuy, Jean-Pierre’s father. He went on to become a member of the Technical Committee for Information. These are valuable documents, kept in a red cardboard box.
Autograph draft of « Comment concevoir et réaliser un service de propagande éducative aux Armées ». 5 April 1940. 11 pp. in-4°. Draft, 8 April 1940. Notes autographes T. T. L. 6 pp. in-8° in graphite. Original photographs, stamps, postcards, a reimagined version of the fable ‘The Crow and the Fox’,
song parodies (vocals and lyrics: Trainet, Mireille, Tino Rossi and others, 5 pp., in-4°), advertising concepts, exhibition poster, 2 original drawings,
correspondence with the Minister of Information, Jean Prouvost, and his subordinates; translations of English posters (7 pp., in-4°), central panel, ‘Soldiers’ Temperaments’ (for the creation of posters and slogans), 6 pp. in-4°, with associated ideas (13 pp. in-4° and 1 p. of autograph draft), tour throughout France (with map), press coverage, correspondence, analysis of the exhibition, newspaper articles… Including correspondence he received on the occasion of his appointment to the Technical Committee for Information (10 letters, 10 April–21 May 1940), as well as correspondence regarding the organisation of the ‘Art and Advertising for the Armed Forces’ exhibition, scheduled for 17 May to 17 June 1940 at 55 Avenue Georges V in Paris.
Attached is the text written by R. L. Dupuy on 5 September 1944: Remarques sur l’opinion publique après 10 jours de libération. 6 ff. Typewritten, in-4° format. Findings and remedies.
A remarkable set of documents
900 €