WHICH SOCIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NETWORKS, MOVEMENTS AND MAQUIS

The creation of three types of resistance organisations (movements, ne tworks, maquis) was not paced the some, which means that chronological data were not entered according to a single time scale. The first gen eration (1940-1941) included all age groups but only certain socioprof essional categories, e.g. intellectuals and printers for clandestine p ropaganda. Networks, on the other hand, because of their objective, in cluded all social categories although they centred on the service prov iders for the evasion network, and the industrial and technical commun ity for intelligence services. Starting in 1942-1943, Resistance activ ities grew to a larger scale and recruited from wider circles, but sti ll remained focused on specific categories, as dictated by need. It wa s most striking to see workers participate as a social class in a move ment, and whole villages participate in resistance work to help the ma quis. At the end of 1943, the circles drawn upon were further expanded to include the police and the gendarmes. All social categories, to so me degree or another, were represented and involved in the Resistance. Chronology, more than social differences, seems to have been the deci sive element.