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THE FRENCH RESISTANCE
Taken from the Philalathes Society Magazine—Issue May 1946
The first group of the Resistance during World war II was founded by
five Freemasons. This body - the “Resistance” - soon merged with
“Liberation”.
The organization thus formed succeeded in contacting London after
ascertaining that there were Masons in the London Broadcasting station.
The broadcasts from this station always began with the motto
“ Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”.
One of the founders Masonic Bro. Roig, succeeded in contacting London
through Englishmen who escaped and facilitated apparently by a
visit from a Canadian pilot.
Unfortunately Bro. Roig was arrested and imprisoned at Fresnes. He
was shot ten weeks later. However, the work was well under way.
New brethren joined the movement and the organization took the
name of C.A.M. ( English meaning—Masonic Action Committee).
This committee worked as both a a patriotic as well as a Masonic
Organization. The Patriotic section chose for its name “Patrium
Recuperare” and had a paper ”The New Republic”.
Valuable information on the location of troops and the sites of the
ramps from which the V 1 bombs were launched, as well as the memoirs
of Paul Reynaud, (1) were sent to London.
One brother succeeded in joining General de Gaulle at Algiers.
Information was furnished concerning the German counter-espionage.
Work was done towards the organization of a secret army in Paris and
shelter was given to numerous escapees and parachutists.
(1) Paul Reynaud—Prime Minister of France—elected 21 March 1940. Militant
opposition to Germany. Born 1878 died 1966.
Scrutiny of the volume entitled “One Hundred Years of Freemasonry
in California” reveals no more information than what I have already
mentioned.
Further enquiries revealed that the cemetery where he was buried
was closed and all those who had been interred there were moved
to other resting places. Once again, records from this source were
non-existent.
Purely as an after-thought, Bro. Dr John Anderson the author of the
first Book of Constitutions which was published in 1723, was apart
from being the writer of the Rules, Regulations and the ceremonies
of the Craft that still apply even today 300 years later, was also an
extremely well-known Freemason of the day and was close friends
with the 3rd Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, Dr. Desaguliers
and other Grand Lodge Officers as well as being a familiar
and welcome figure at many lodges. YET when Dr Anderson died,
only 12 people attended his funeral WHEREAS when Joshua Norton
was buried, over
10 000 people attended his funeral. On the one hand, a Freemason
unknown outside his home town was laid to rest by over 10 000 people
and on the other one of the most famous Freemasons of his day
could only muster a mere dozen!