Julia Pirotte (1907-2000) - Lot 189

Julia Pirotte (1907-2000) Liberation of Marseille by the Resistance, August 21-29, 1944. Bompard internment center for women and children. Resistance fighter on a mission. Capture of the prefecture. Road control. Workers' uprising. Weapons requisition. Maquis around Venelles. Railway sabotage. Road control. French Forces of the Interior (F.F.I.). Jewish fighters during the insurrection. Medical center in the Endoume district. Return of prisoners of war by Soviet ship. Escaping Germans in rue de Lodi and rue de Rome, near the prefecture. Exhumation of bodies of Resistance fighters killed during the Occupation. Decoration of two female members of the Resistance. Distribution of flour in the streets by the francs-tireurs et partisans français (FTPF). 21 vintage silver prints. Photographer's stamps, handwritten annotations, numbering and cropping indications on versos. Sizes: 13 x 18 to 23 x 18 cm Enclosed: - Two (2) caption sheets in Julia Pirotte's handwriting. - A copy of Combattre magazine, dedicated to the Marseille uprising, published in summer 1945 and illustrated with Julia Pirotte's photographs. A Polish press photographer, Julia Pirotte documented the liberation of Marseille in August 1944. She was a liaison officer for the communist FTP-MOI (Francs-tireurs et partisans - main-d'œuvre immigrée) resistance units. Among other things, she was involved in the production and distribution of clandestine press, arms trafficking and false papers. Her work was the subject of a major retrospective at the Mémorial de la Shoah in 2023.