 The Anti-Fascist Underground Patriotic Organization was commanded by Armenian officers.Resisters Alexander Kazarian and Bardukh Petrosian were awarded by the highest military orders of France by General Charles de Gaulle.Another Resistance fighter, Louise Aslanian (1906-1945), a famous writer and poetess, was a recruiter for the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans in a combat cell of the French Communist Party.