https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04 en-us 2017-11-13 16:22:40 UTC 2023-03-20 15:51:14 UTC hello@padlet.com 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332206 This is a freeze frame of and 18 year old Simone Segouin from  George Stevens’s 1944 film. This was taken right after she helped capture 25 German prisoners or war. ]]> 2017-11-13 16:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332206 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332501 In this picture Simone is seen with a German MP 40 which is the gun she was said to be most proficient with. ]]> 2017-11-13 16:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332501 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332697 This picture was taken of Simone while she was helping liberate Paris in August 19, 1944.. ]]> 2017-11-13 16:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206332697 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206370795 La Chant des Partisans became a song for all the resistance fighters in France.]]> 2017-11-13 17:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206370795 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206809858 This is the flag that represented the French Resistance in World War 2.]]> 2017-11-14 16:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206809858 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206819424 Simone had a street in Courville-sur-Eure named after her in her honor. The town it is in is very close to Chartres, where she now resides.]]> 2017-11-14 16:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206819424 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851320 Simone joined the resistance because her home acted as a safe haven for one of the fighters. He later showed her how to shoot and invited her to join the FTP (Free-Shooters and Partisans) https://books.google.es/books?id=Vk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=the+girl+partisan+of+chartres+life&source=bl&ots=db05_LV2Vi&sig=Dg0zohIgffiLN4IdJ736r69El6c&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUzuz--tHJAhVIhhoKHRhqDIMQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q&f=true]]> 2017-11-14 17:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851320 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851383 Simone's first assignment was to steal a bike from a German military administrator. She succeeded and repainted the bike, so she could use it to deliver messages and stake out targets.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215423/The-hotpants-hotshot-Formidable-derring-Nazi-hunting-gun-toting-teen-pin-French-Resistance.html]]> 2017-11-14 17:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851383 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851422 Simone successfully arrested 25 German prisoners of war.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/history/661656/Simone-Segouin-Paris-french-resistance-fighter-Nazi]]> 2017-11-14 17:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851422 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851471 Simone helped liberate both Chartres and Paris. She was in the thick of the action during both, not just delivering messages.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3215423/The-hotpants-hotshot-Formidable-derring-Nazi-hunting-gun-toting-teen-pin-French-Resistance.html]]> 2017-11-14 17:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851471 783585 https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851516 Simone Segouin was born on October 3, 1925, near Chartres, which is about 55 miles from Paris.
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/06/18-year-old-french-resistance-fighter-simone-segouin-captured-25-nazis-during-the-fall-of-chartres/]]> 2017-11-14 17:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/783585/gksyvqkzcd04/wish/206851516