Marie Gicquel, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 09:06, January 23, 2023
The exhibition "You will no longer go dancing!"
is present at the National Resistance Museum in Champigny-sur-Marne, near Paris, until April 2.
Dedicated to clandestine balls during the Second World War, it offers a collection of photos, documents and unpublished objects from this period.
"39-45": this period of history was marked by the Resistance and in all its forms.
Until April 2, the exhibition
You will no longer dance!
, devoted to clandestine balls during the Second World War, is on display at the National Resistance Museum in Champigny-sur-Marne, in the Val-de-Marne.
The opportunity to discover photos, documents and objects from this period.
Because from 1940, dance halls and guinguettes were simply prohibited throughout the territory.
Except that some have decided otherwise, even if it means taking all the risks.
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Balls banned by the French state
Xavier Aumage, archivist of the National Museum of the Resistance, was able to take advantage of private donations to mount this event on these popular balls prohibited during the Second World War, not by the occupier but by the French State.
"For the government, the ban on dancing is a question of morale. For the Germans, banning dances is above all about controlling the population. While the French are dancing, they are not necessarily going to foment conspiracies, sabotage,” he explains.
So make way for the clandestine ball.
The resistants recruit or exchange information covered by the sound of the accordion.
"If you cross this palisade, with reconstructions, facsimiles of legal propaganda posters, you can dive your head inside to have the back room of a clandestine guinguette", describes the archivist.
Wild parties punished either by heavy fines, confiscation of the musical instrument or execution.