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Having survived the Nazi occupation of the island during WWII, Claude Cahun takes her cat for a walk, Jersey, the Channel Islands, 1949 Cahun and her lover Moore waged a secret campaign of disinformation & morale-destruction, using a weapon the Nazis never expected: Surrealism.
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It's impossible to exaggerate Cahun's bravery. When the Nazis identified them, they refused to believe two women could be responsible for the resistance. Claude Cahun, I Extend My Arms, 1931-1932
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The Nazis sentenced Cahun and Moore to death in 1944. They were convinced that Jersey was home to a full-on resistance movement, never suspecting it was all the work of a pair of middle-aged, eccentric lesbians. Claude Cahun, Self-Portrait, 1928
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They were sentenced to death for encouraging rebellion, and to six months in prison for having a contraband radio. After their sentences were read, Cahun tartly asked the judge which sentence they’d serve first.
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