A female figure in the French resistance, Cécile Rol-Tanguy participated as a liaison officer in the Paris uprising of August 1944 alongside her husband, Colonel Rol-Tanguy. She looks back at that time, explains her role and talks about her complicity with her husband.
Cécile ROL-TANGUY, former resistance fighter, recounts her acts of resistance with the complicity of her husband, Colonel ROL-TANGUY. She acted without any particular emotion, it was obvious.
Cécile ROL-TANGUY, wife of Henri Rol-Tanguy, leader of the Resistance during the Second World War, tells her granddaughter about her daily life under the occupation and her role as liaison with her husband.
Après quatre ans dans la clandestinité, le 18 août 1944, Cécile Rol-Tanguy tape l'ordre de l'insurrection parisienne, dicté par son mari Henri Rol-Tanguy. Cet ordre aboutira huit jours plus tard à la Libération de la capitale. Cécile Rol-Tanguy est décédée le 8 mai 2020, à l'âge de 101 ans, le jour du 75e anniversaire de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale