![Flag of the Free French Forces 1940-1944.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/resistance-flagge-300x225.jpg)
Swiss nationals in the Resistance
Thousands of Swiss people helped liberate France from German occupation. Hundreds of them were punished by Switzerland. They shall now be rehabilitated.
Geneva as a hub
![Geneva, hub of the Resistance, around 1942.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/genf-1942-300x214.jpg)
Powerful allure
Documentary about Swiss nationals in the Resistance, September 1995 (in German). SRF
![Article about the destruction of Saint-Gingolph, France, by the SS on 25 July 1944.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/nve-19440725-1-208x300.jpg)
Great fear, tough sentences
![Members of the Resistance are rounded up by French militia in July 1944.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/bundesarchiv-bild-146-1989-107-24-frankreich-einsatz-gegen-die-resistance-300x209.jpg)
![A member of the Free French Forces, around 1944.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/member-of-the-ffi-230x300.jpg)
Some empathy
![Commemorative plaque honouring the inhabitants of Geneva who served in the Resistance.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/plakette-resistance-genf-300x205.jpg)